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- noun Alternative form of
bien pensant . - adjective Alternative form of
bien pensant .
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Examples
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His presidency has been a presidency of shibboleths, of endless boasts that he's delivering on the bien-pensant slogans that others just mouth.
Overcaffeinated CAFE Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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Similarly, Mr. Bergen notes the rejection of such violence by cleric Yusuf al Qaradawi, a darling of the bien-pensant left, but neglects to tell us that Qaradawi's oeuvre includes a fatwa authorizing women to engage in suicide bombing.
America's Most Wanted Michael B. Mukasey 2011
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Yet the strikes have become objects of ritual denunciation by Pakistan's government, which likes to play to the anti-American peanut gallery, as well as by segments of the country's bien-pensant class.
The Face of Pakistan's Courage Bret Stephens 2011
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The only thing more shattering to the bien-pensant world view would be news that Chez Panisse in Berkeley uses Crisco.
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Watching the 24-hour news channel, NTV, one sees a face-off between a secularist retired army general and a journalist of roughly bien-pensant views that ends up with shouted recriminations of "fascist" and "separatist."
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So as a counter to these books and the cumulative impression they leave, I'm going to do something that's frowned upon in many bien-pensant circles: I'm going to cheerlead for technology.
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So as a counter to these books and the cumulative impression they leave, I'm going to do something that's frowned upon in many bien-pensant circles: I'm going to cheerlead for technology.
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Archive 2008-06-15 2008
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So as a counter to these books and the cumulative impression they leave, I'm going to do something that's frowned upon in many bien-pensant circles: I'm going to cheerlead for technology.
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Watching the 24-hour news channel, NTV, one sees a face-off between a secularist retired army general and a journalist of roughly bien-pensant views that ends up with shouted recriminations of "fascist" and "separatist."
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