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

The Countess's parti pris, that the experience of the old twins was nothing to make such a fuss over, showed itself plainly in this.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

Surely all the usual associations of the word "religion" would have to be stripped away if such a systematic parti pris of irony were also to be denoted by the name.

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

The picture, though it hangs high in the little church for which it was painted, will speak for itself to those who interrogate it without parti pris.

From The Earlier Work of Titian by Phillips, Claude