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

I had never encountered such a violent parti pris of seclusion; it was more than keeping quiet—it was like hunted creatures feigning death.

From The Aspern Papers by James, Henry

It is evident that this spiritual reticence, if we may so term it, is not a parti pris; for no fixed principle, save perhaps the one hinted at above, is apparent in the book.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various

When he no longer joined us as we sat or walked together, I perceived that his hostility was fixed and his parti pris.

From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette