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arrièrepensée

arrièrepensée is the misspelling 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 arrièrepensée

What is arrièrepensée the misspelling of?
Arrièrepensée is the misspelling of arrière-pensée.

Words near arrièrepensée in the dictionary

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

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