parti pris

1. 1.

   an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

   “he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions”

   Synonymspreconceptionprepossessionpreconceived opinionpreconceived ideapreconceived notion

   Broaderopinion

Questions about parti pris

What does parti pris mean?

parti pris means "an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence".

What is another word for parti pris?

Close synonyms include preconception, prepossession, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parti pris a common word?

parti pris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.