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arrière-pensées

arrière-pensées is the plural of arrière-pensée.

Meaning of arrière-pensée

Noun

arrière-pensée (plural arrière-pensées or (proscribed) arrières-pensées)

  1. A mental reservation or ulterior motive.
    • He knew that I had guessed his arrière-pensée, but he let me off for the moment, for which I was thankful; either because he was still ashamed of it, or because he supposed I was reserving myself for the catastrophe,—should it occur.1884, Henry James, “The Path of Duty”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, 2(15): 240-256

Questions about arrière-pensées

What is arrière-pensées the plural of?
Arrière-pensées is the plural of arrière-pensée.

Words near arrière-pensées in the dictionary

  1. Arrizons
  2. arrière
  3. arrière-garde
  4. arrière-gardes
  5. arrière-pensée
  6. arrière-pensées
  7. arrière-voussure
  8. arrière-voussures
  9. arrièrepensée
  10. arrières-pensées
  11. arroba

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