parti pris
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing 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 […] [1], London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 88:
- 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.
- 2023 October 7, Jim Pickard, “It's not government that creates jobs”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
- These are interlaced with parti pris observations by Reeves about British politics, her own journey and Labour.
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
parti pris m (plural partis pris)
- Alternative form of parti-pris
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