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bien-pensant

bien-pensant is the alternative form of bien pensant.

Meaning of bien pensant

Noun

bien pensant (plural bien pensants)

  1. A person who is bien pensant.
  2. 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

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Forms of bien-pensant

Noun
pluralbien-pensants
Adjective
comparativemore bien-pensant
superlativemost bien-pensant

Questions about bien-pensant

What is bien-pensant the alternative form of?
Bien-pensant is the alternative form of bien pensant.

Words near bien-pensant in the dictionary

  1. bien cove
  2. bien coves
  3. bien pensant
  4. bien pensants
  5. Bien Unido
  6. bien-pensant
  7. bien-pensants
  8. Bienaime
  9. Bienaimes
  10. Bieneman
  11. Bieniek

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