parti pris
Example Sentences
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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
But they decided to treat the question as one treats a scientific matter—with perseverance, with courage, and without parti pris of any kind.
From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred
Aunt Constance's parti pris in life was a benevolent interest in the affairs of everybody else.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Her taciturnity in society has been somewhat ungenerously laid to a parti pris.
From Famous Women: George Sand by Thomas, Bertha
