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
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
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
