as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
a parti pris interpretation of the causes of the war
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as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
the longer a president is dead, the better we are able to evaluate without parti pris his political achievements
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Recent Examples of parti pris
Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
Noun
Whereas Galgut’s clarity of vision can seem sometimes almost unworldly, Diski is nothing if not parti pris.
—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parti pris
Adjective
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Through testing the shorts, criminalists got a partial DNA profile for an unidentified man in May 2020, Thoemmes said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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During the past two years, Bieber has not toured or released new music, citing health issues, including the effects of partial paralysis caused by Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The case has been criticized due to allegations of trial misconduct, including conflicting testimony, withheld evidence and potential juror bias, USA TODAY reported.—
Chris Mueller,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Research shows that education helps reduce prejudice and bias.—
Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, she was hounded out of the classroom by authorities hostile to Western literature.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Trump's predecessor Joe Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, after an investigation found the official had created a hostile work environment.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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My family moved here because of its lack of prejudice—being Jewish, my father, an engineer, couldn’t get a job in Boston around 1945 because of antisemitism.—
Allure Editors,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
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Many filmmakers try to disguise their less socially acceptable prejudices, their impolite fears, dislikes and worse, but Lynch always seemed unafraid or maybe uninterested or just unaware about what others thought of his uglier visions.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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There is an uncomfortable tendency in tennis to give male coaching teams the credit for their player’s success.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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While many artists of her generation were fascinated by similar themes, her work has repeatedly proven difficult to classify, conforming to no single movement or tendency.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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These plies were sealed together under heat and pressure and cured using high-frequency electronic radio waves.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024
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The 24-year-old plies his trade for Fenerbahce in the Super Lig.—
The Athletic Staff,
The Athletic,
14 July 2024
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“Parti pris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parti%20pris. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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