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- adjective Right-thinking,
orthodox ,conformist ;conservative . - noun A person who is bien pensant.
- noun Someone who accepts and or espouses a
fashionable idea after it has been established and maintains it without a great amount of critical thought.
Etymologies
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From French bien pensant.
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