| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| arrière-pensée |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·ri·ère-pen·sée |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   r  -ârpä -s  |
| NOUN: | A mental reservation, as about the validity of something. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : arrière, in back (from Old French arere; see arrears) + pensée, thought (from penser, to think; see pensive).
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