arrière-pensée

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arrière-pensée

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Borrowed from French arrière-pensée.

noun arrière-pensées · arrières-pensées

A mental reservation or ulterior motive. He knew that I had guessed his arrière-pensée, but he let me off for the moment, for which I was thankful; either because he was still ashamed of it, or because he supposed I was reserving myself for the catastrophe,—should it occur.

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"arrière-pensée." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/arri%C3%A8re-pens%C3%A9e. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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arrière-pensée. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/arri%C3%A8re-pens%C3%A9e

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"arrière-pensée." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/arri%C3%A8re-pens%C3%A9e.

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@misc{arrie_re_pense_e_2026,
  title = {arrière-pensée},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arri%C3%A8re-pens%C3%A9e},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}