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
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
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
One cannot love the parti pris of these works, but one cannot deny M. Denis a great charm of naivete, an intense feeling for decorative arrangements and colouring of a certain originality.
From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille
