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parti pris

UK/ˌpɑːtɪˈpɹiː/

parti pris noun: a bias or preconceived opinion.

Noun

parti pris (plural partis pris)

  1. A bias or preconceived opinion.
    • But more than this: the hushing of [evil] up may, in a perfectly candid and honest mind, grow into a deliberate religious policy, or parti pris.1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 88
    • Britain faces a hugely costly settling of accounts, whatever parti pris barristers may advise.2017 March 26, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer, →ISSN

parti pris meaning in Kannada

parti pris in Kannada

ಪೂರ್ವಗ್ರಹ, ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತ, ಮುನ್ನೊಲವು, ಪೂರ್ವಗ್ರಹಪೀಡಿತ, ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತದ

Forms of parti pris

pluralpartis pris

Origin of parti pris

Unadapted borrowing from French parti pris (“decision taken; prejudice”).

Questions about parti pris

What does parti pris mean?
Parti pris means a bias or preconceived opinion.
What is parti pris in Kannada?
Parti pris in Kannada is ಪೂರ್ವಗ್ರಹ, ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತ, ಮುನ್ನೊಲವು. See Parti pris meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is parti pris?
Parti pris is a noun.
How do you pronounce parti pris?
Parti pris is pronounced /ˌpɑːtɪˈpɹiː/ (UK).
What is the plural of parti pris?
The plural of parti pris is partis pris.

Words near parti pris in the dictionary

  1. parthood
  2. Parths
  3. Parthyaea
  4. Parthyene
  5. parti
  6. parti pris
  7. Parti Quebecois
  8. Parti Québécois
  9. parti-colored
  10. parti-coloured
  11. parti-striped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parti pris (page history and authors); parti pris (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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