"bien-pensant" meaning in French

See bien-pensant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bjɛ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/ Forms: bien-pensante [feminine], bien-pensants [masculine, plural], bien-pensantes [feminine, plural], bien pensant [alternative]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} bien-pensant (feminine bien-pensante, masculine plural bien-pensants, feminine plural bien-pensantes)
  1. right-minded, right-thinking
    Sense id: en-bien-pensant-fr-adj-MQLPTWcz
  2. (derogatory) self-righteous, bien pensant, conforming, orthodox, politically correct Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-bien-pensant-fr-adj-G8FrlBjH Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 31 9 19 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 32 8 18 10 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 10 56 34

Noun

IPA: /bjɛ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/ Forms: bien-pensants [plural], bien-pensante [feminine], bien pensant [alternative]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} bien-pensant m (plural bien-pensants, feminine bien-pensante)
  1. (derogatory) bien pensant Tags: derogatory, masculine Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: bien-pensance
    Sense id: en-bien-pensant-fr-noun-BiDbVMqG Disambiguation of Personality: 10 37 53 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 31 9 19 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 32 8 18 10

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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