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

Her taciturnity in society has been somewhat ungenerously laid to a parti pris.

From Famous Women: George Sand by Thomas, Bertha

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

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