parti pris

See also: parti-pris

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French parti pris (“decision taken; prejudice”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːtɪˈpɹiː/

Noun

parti pris (plural partis pris)

  1. A bias or preconceived opinion.
    • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience […] ‎, 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.
    • 2017 March 26, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer‎, →ISSN:
      Britain faces a hugely costly settling of accounts, whatever parti pris barristers may advise.
    • 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

Noun

parti pris m (plural partis pris)

  1. Alternative form of parti-pris
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