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arriere-pensee

ar·rière-pen·sée
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [a-ryer-pahn-sey]
    • /a ryɛr pɑ̃ˈseɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [a-ryer-pahn-sey]
    • /a ryɛr pɑ̃ˈseɪ/

Definitions of arriere-pensee word

  • noun arriere-pensee an unrevealed thought or intention 3
  • noun arriere-pensee a mental reservation 3
  • noun arriere-pensee an ulterior motive 3
  • noun plural arriere-pensee a mental reservation; hidden motive. 1
  • noun arriere-pensee an ulterior motive. 0

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Parts of speech for Arriere-pensee

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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arriere-pensee popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for arriere-pensee

noun arriere-pensee

  • afterthought — If you do or say something as an afterthought, you do or say it after something else as an addition, perhaps without careful thought.
  • second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
  • delayed reaction — response after an interval
  • disillusion — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
  • double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.

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