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 now, the Spring, her charm and his own firm parti pris working together, it seemed to him that he could never forget Betty, could never wish to forget her.

From The Incomplete Amorist by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

But more than this: the hushing of it up may, in a perfectly candid and honest mind, grow into a deliberate religious policy, or parti pris.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

Bute, however, approached the subject in his usual attitude of complete intellectual detachment, with no trace of parti pris.

From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter