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    [Noun]  | "par*ti pris" | \ ˈpär-ˌtē-ˈprē \


    1: a preconceived opinion : prejudice


    Origin: 1857 ;

     French, literally, side taken;

    [Adjective]  | "parti pris" 


    1: inclined to favor one side over another;


      * e.g., " ... a parti pris interpretation of the causes of the war "





    [Noun]  | "parti pris" 


    1: an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities;


      * e.g., " ... the longer a president is dead, the better we are able to evaluate without parti pris his political achievements "





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