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bien pensant
[ byen pen-sahnt; French byan pahn-sahn ]
adjective
- blindly conventional or orthodox; having or based on beliefs that are acceptably proper or correct:
In bien pensant circles, it has become fashionable to speak of India and China in the same breath, though these countries have little in common.
noun
- a person who adopts conventional or orthodox beliefs without critical judgment:
I've been called an opinionated bien pensant.
bien-pensant
/ 产箩蓻虄辫蓱虄蝉蓱虄 /
adjective
- right-thinking; orthodox
noun
- a right-thinking person
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bien pensant1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bien pensant1
Example Sentences
When Trump did run in 2015, most of the bien pensant refused to take him seriously.
That he will get away with this, despite all the bien pensant wails and warnings, just as he got away with the Jerusalem embassy move.
During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump acolytes claimed that he was the second coming of Ronald Reagan 鈥 the similarity being that both men were elderly Republicans scorned by the bien pensant.
This primary鈥攖he first Democratic one since social media has become ubiquitous鈥攈as shattered the illusion of bien pensant unity.
Trump鈥檚 most recent outrage has left what William Finnegan referred to recently as the 鈥渂ien pensant鈥 once again searching for the most effective methods of disarming his still surging campaign.
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