单词 | parti pris |
释义 | parti prisn.adj. A. n. A preconceived view; a bias or prejudice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] forejudging1571 preoccupation1572 prejudicateness1603 prejudicacy1608 forestalment1611 prepossession1638 anticipation1640 prejudice1643 biasedness1667 prevention1671 engagement1689 prejudgement1799 strabismus1844 parti pris1860 1857 Edinb. Rev. July 222 We are far from asserting that this was always done in cold blood and de parti pris.] 1860 Once a Week 18 Aug. 215/1 Those who may consider this statement an exaggeration can easily satisfy themselves (provided they go without any parti pris, either on one side or the other). 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 189 That fatal spirit of parti-pris which has led to the rooting of so much injustice, disorder, immobility and darkness in English intelligence. 1922 G. C. Cox Public Conscience 51 I have not been conscious of any parti pris in this study. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive v. 103 Personally I think we both have made a mess of it, and I have no parti-pris in the matter. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 June 21/2 The ideological parti-pris of these last two sources does not invalidate their generally rigorous and sound historical documentation. 2003 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 17 Feb. Any reader without a parti pris would see the play that emerged after O'Malley's fifth draft as one slanted to the Palestinian side. B. adj. Biased, prejudiced; favouring one particular side, faction, or party. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adjective] prejudicial1535 forestalled1543 forejudging1571 unindifferent1571 apassioned1574 prejudicate1579 prejudiced1579 preoccupate1587 preoccupiedc1598 prejudicious1599 prepossessed1611 prejudicated1633 biased1642 prejudiciary1642 prejudicant1645 prejudicatory1652 parti pris1923 value-laden1936 slanted1959 1923 H. Crane Let. 18 Feb. (1965) 125 In his letter his partis pris emotionalism was too evident to convince his readers properly. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 June 660/5 With none of the characters in Lawrence's life is he parti-pris. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 30 Nov. 22/3 A growing conservative historiography that seems to proceed from the belief that for too long parti pris liberals have shaped our understanding of the recent past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1860 |
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