bien pensant
bien pensant · bien pensants
A person who is bien pensantA person who is bien pensant.
/ˌbyɛn pɛnˈsɑnt/
Meaning
2 sensesA person who is bien pensant.
Someone who accepts and/or espouses a fashionable idea after it has been established and maintains it without a great amount of critical thought.
Near-synonyms: follower, believer, conformist
Origin
Borrowed from French bien-pensant (literally “well-thinking”).Borrowed from French bien-pensant (literally “well-thinking”).
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