Word for the Day, Monday, April 14, 2014-- bien-pensant

4/14/14 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Monday, 4/14/14

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

bien-pensant; noun; adj.

1.Right-thinking, orthodox, conformist; conservative.  [quotations ▼] 2010, Bagehot, The Economist, 23 Aug 2010: He hopes Mr Abbott wins the election in part because it would, he says, annoy bien-pensant British journalists and Leftists who oppose the Australian's positions on things like abortion, gay marriage or climate change. 2.Someone who accepts and/or espouses a fashionable idea after it has been established and maintains it without a great amount of critical thought.

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Etymology: French ; from bien, well + present participle of penser, to think

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you for the kind words.

[tioga]

It sounds like you are making progress. I sometimes wonder how it got so expensive. When my father died it was $10 for his obituary....how did the price go up so drastically? Wow.