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

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

But that, I admit," I added, "strikes one always as a sort of parti pris with her.

From The Sacred Fount by James, Henry

Talking to the workers themselves, before the sittings have yet begun, has a certain air of parti pris.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence