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arriere-pensee

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ar⋅rière-pen⋅sée

[a-ryer-pahn-sey]
–noun, plural -pen⋅sées [-pahn-sey] . French.
a mental reservation; hidden motive.
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ar·ri·ère-pen·sée   (ār'ē-âr'päɴ-sā')   
n.  A mental reservation, as about the validity of something.

[French : arrière, in back (from Old French arere; see arrears) + pensée, thought (from penser, to think; see pensive).]
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