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
They are honourable men, as Sachs assured Walther; they have no parti pris of bolts and shutters against the New; on occasion they can be generous.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
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
Her taciturnity in society has been somewhat ungenerously laid to a parti pris.
From Famous Women: George Sand by Thomas, Bertha
