bien-pensant

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bien-pensant (French) [bjɛ̃pɑ̃sɑ̃]

adj

right-thinking; orthodox

n bien pensant pl bien pensants [bjɛ̃pɑ̃sɑ̃]

a right-thinking person

[literally: well-thinking]

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No references found			Thus, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini and Umberto Eco can exchange ideas and questions about belief without evident animosity, and Jurgen Habermas, himself an atheist, can upset Europe's bien-pensant secularists by reminding them of the Continent's Christian roots. New atheism, old apologetics by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal 99) As Britain battens down the hatches ever further against imaginary "floods" of outsiders, and bien-pensant voices claim in sorrowful tones that "multiculturalism has gone too far", it might be worth remembering how we got here. Rock, race and riots by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Bush and Gore were mocked by the same bien-pensant tradition on both sides of the Atlantic as Gush and Bore, two sides of the same centrist coin. It is liberal narcissism to say that they are all the same by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Bidens Bidens bipinnata Bidens connata Bidens coronata Bidens trichosperma Bidens tripartita Bident Bidental bidentate bidet bidi bidialectal bidie-in Bidigitate Biding bidirectional bidonville Biedermeier Biel Biela's comet bield Bielefeld Bielid Bielsko-Biala Bien Hoa bien-pensant Bienne biennia biennial biennially biennium Bienville bier Bierbalk Bierce bierkeller Bierstadt biestings biface bifacial bifarious Bifariously Biferous biff biffer BIFFEX biffin biffo biffy bifid Bifidate			Bielski, Marcin Bielski, Martin Bielskie Przedsiebiorstwo Budownictwa Przemyslowego Bielsko-Biala Bielsko-Biala BIELT BIEM BiEN BiEN BiEN Bien de consume Bien de consummation Bien Dong Bien Dong Biên Dông Biên Dông Bien Fait pour Ta Gueule Bien gratuit Bien gratuito Bien Hoa Bien Hoa Biên Hoà Biên Hoà Biên Hòa Biên Hòa Bien Naître et Grandir Bien prendado Bien Ta Grotte Bien Vivre A Ledignan Bien-Etre Sociale bien-pensant Bienayme-Chebyshev inequality Bienayme-Chebyshev inequality Bienaymé-Chebyshev inequality Bienaymé-Chebyshev inequality BienBienBien Bienenstock, Cooper, and Munro Bienes de cambio Bienes de capital Bienes de consumo masivo Bienes durables Bienes fungibles Bienes gravados Bienes inmateriales Bienes inmuebles Bienes raices Bienestar Nacional Bienewitz Bienewitz, Peter Bienheureuse Vierge Marie Bienhua Bienhua Biennale di Venezia Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature Biennale Internationale des Arts de la Marionnette Biennale07 Bienne Bienne biennia

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