parti pris
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But Ozick, however fierce her identification as a Jew, is admirable in her freedom from identitarian parti pris.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
France Francis Ponge Le parti pris des choses map Beth Archer Brombert Francis Ponge writes poetry about everyday objects such as oranges and cigarettes.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2011
Has he any parti pris, for or against?
From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Henry Graham Dakyns
They are honourable men, as Sachs assured Walther; they have no parti pris of bolts and shutters against the New; on occasion they can be generous.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
Aunt Constance's parti pris in life was a benevolent interest in the affairs of everybody else.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
