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bien pensants

bien pensants is the plural 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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Questions about bien pensants

What is bien pensants the plural of?
Bien pensants is the plural of bien pensant.

Words near bien pensants in the dictionary

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

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