Bien-pensant
adjective
right-thinking; orthodox
noun (pl) bien pensants (bjɛ̃pɑ̃sɑ̃)
a right-thinking person
Contemporary Examples
The Conservative the Right Loves to Hate Tunku Varadarajan March 22, 2010
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