Bien Pensant

By Deane Barker • • tags: french, definition •

Definition: orthodox, conformist

It’s literal French for “well thinking” or “good thinking.”

Why I Looked It Up

In a NY Times article about the current state of television:

For a good two decades now, it’s been bien-pensant wisom that TV could be good – no, not just good. Original. Provocative. Important.

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