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arrière-pensée definition

arrière·-pensée (ȧ ryer′ pän sā′)

noun

  1. a mental reservation
  2. an ulterior motive

Etymology: Fr, lit., back-thought

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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