Bien-pensant Definition

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adjective
Right-minded; accepting or based on ideas regarded as sound or correct; orthodox, doctrinaire, conventional, etc.
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Alternative form of bien pensant.
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Right-thinking, orthodox, conformist; conservative.

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noun
One who is orthodox, conventional, etc.
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Alternative form of bien pensant.
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A person who is bien pensant.
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Someone who accepts and/or espouses a fashionable idea after it has been established and maintains it without a great amount of critical thought.

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Singular:
bien-pensant
Plural:
bien-pensants

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