parti pris
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French parti pris (“decision taken; prejudice”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
parti pris (plural partis pris)
- A bias or preconceived opinion.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 76:
- But more than this: the hushing of [evil] up may, in a perfectly candid and honest mind, grow into a deliberate religious policy, or parti pris.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 76:
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
parti pris m (plural partis pris)
- Alternative form of parti-pris.
