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bien-pensance

French, noun/bjɛ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃s/

bien-pensance is a French feminine noun meaning “right-mindedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attitude intellectuelle qui consiste à adopter un point de vue bien-pensant”.

What does bien-pensance mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineright-mindedness

  2. 2

    derogatoryfeminineorthodoxy, conformism; political correctness

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Attitude intellectuelle qui consiste à adopter un point de vue bien-pensant.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bien-pensance

  • bien-pensances plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bien-pensance?

  • /bjɛ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃s/
  • \bjɛ̃ pɑ̃.sɑ̃s\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.