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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Engineers could design new prosthetics made for particular space environments, such as zero or partial gravity, or even tailored to specific spacecraft.—
Jesse Rhoades,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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Those moves were designed to persuade him to agree to a partial truce that would then enable negotiations to halt the three-year Russian invasion.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Counter this bias by emphasizing your successful adoption of new tools or systems throughout your career.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Institutions must adopt continuous monitoring and auditing to identify and correct biases.—
Sidhant Bendre,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Amid the ongoing negotiations over a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia amid their ongoing war, Trump has spoken favorably of Putin while having a sometimes openly hostile relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Bill Belichick's 24-year-old cheerleader girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, posted a screenshot of a hostile exchange with an Instagram user who criticized the couple's relationship Friday.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Fulton's attorney filed the request for Cage's dismissal on March 7, which was granted today with prejudice, meaning Fulton cannot bring the claims against Cage again in this case, according to court documents obtained by Entertainment Weekly.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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The claims were dismissed with prejudice, so Fulton can no longer pursue the claim against Cage.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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In his new biography of Barnes, Blake Gopnik foregrounds this democratic ethos, focusing specifically on the philanthropist’s contributions to building racial equality—despite Barnes’s notoriously cantankerous personality and his tendency toward invective and slur.—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Spelling has opened up about her hydrophobic tendencies before, revealing in an April episode of misSPELLING that she had been hospitalized twice over several months for fainting.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The interior of the tiny house measures just 160 sq ft (almost 15 sq m) and is finished in ply, with an open layout arranged on one floor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Nov. 2024
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Over 4 million anglers ply Florida waters yearly, catching over 100 million pounds of fish.—
Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Parti pris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parti%20pris. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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