Etymology

bien pensant

Today it means: Right-thinking; orthodox, conformist. Full definition →

French bien-pensant
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  1. French · borrowed frombien-pensant
  2. English todaybien pensant

Borrowed from French bien-pensant (literally “well-thinking”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.