10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIEN PENSANT»
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bien pensant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words ...
A specified period of two years. bien pensant /bjé ptisti/ adjective 8 noun phrase
Also bien-pensant (plural pronounced same) E20 French (bien well, pensant
present participle of penser to think). A adjective phrase Conventional or
orthodox in ...
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How to Sound Really Clever: 600 Words You Need to Know
... and pensant, participle of penser: to think; 'bien pensant' literally means 'right—
thinking' e.g. English actors who make it in Hollywood often turn into bien
pensant tree-huggers bildungsroman (noun) I a novel covering one person's
formative ...
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Du Singe Au Superman: L'evolution D'Adam Et Eve, À Partir Du ...
Car le plus grand espoir est l'espoir en Allah, de même, le plus grand rêve est le
rêve dans le sentier d'Allah. Pour cela, l'espoir en Allah, en ayant confiance en lui
et bien pensant de lui, était l'entité de la confiance en Allah; cette confiance ...
Jamal Nassar Hussein, Jamal Nassar Hussein / Traduit Par VartéNie Pamboukian, 2011
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A Charitable Body: A Novel of Suspense
bien-pensant,. and the artistic. You've gotto admit that Timmy Quarles did a
prettygood job.” “I can't see how hesolved his financial problems through raking
in thefairly smallsums mentionedhere,” said Mary-Elizabeth, dismissiveas usual
of ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
7noun (bien-pensant) a conventional or orthodox person. – origin French, from
bien 'well' + pensant, present participle of penser 'think'. bier /bɪə/ 7noun a
movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation
or on ...
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Bernanos: His Political Thought and Prophecy
Bien-pensant means literally "right-thinking." In French political-ideological
terminology it signifies the bourgeois elements (rich peasants, shop-keepers,
small town notables) and holders of socially prominent positions not only in
commerce ...
The militant is, to use another of Lefort's phrases, the bien-pensant who, even
when he disagrees with the practice of the party — even in the gulag or at the
purge trials — thinks correctly, goes along for the sake of a future and against a
past ...
8
Pound in Purgatory: From Economic Radicalism to Anti-semitism
Hollis was much more sympathetic to Keynes, remarking in a letrer of 3
September 1 936, "Keynes very bien pensant these days" (Pound Papers).
Pound could not let that pass: "Keynes 'bien pensant' from WHOSE pt/ of view. St
Nitouche?
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The Savant and the State: Science and Cultural Politics in ...
183 As a battering ram against scientism, such a profile of opinions would have
evoked supportive murmurs in any educated bien pensant bourgeois home. In
bien pensant minds, a similarly favorable chord would have been struck by Paul
...
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Moving Targets: Women, Murder and Representation
The gender of the sisters is visible only when they are being perceived as
potential victims: when their bien-pensant look enables the speaker to voice his
hatred of bien-pensant women - it is as if what had to be murdered was precisely
this ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIEN PENSANT»
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Does Greece's No vote mark the end of ever-closer union?
Bien pensant thinkers recognise the next step must be a quantum leap to a joint fiscal policy for the eurozone. But the theory is being overtaken ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Q & A's danger of irritating the conservative in anybody
So why does Q&A seem, for better or worse, slanted to the Left and, more particularly, inducing of a great wave of feel-good, bien pensant ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
The short, happy life of 'live and let live'
That would seem to limit the “radical step” only to those organizations of whom the bien pensant disapprove. That seems to be underlined later ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
Flags and statues: Readers debate merits
After a century and a half the bien pensant crowd are just now being informed that they are offended by the Confederate Stars and Bars flag. «The Courier-Journal, Jun 15»
Riding in the lap of luxury
The question was asked of a bien pensant French grandee who answered: “That we continue to drink when we are not thirsty, and have sex all ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Modi vs Kejriwal: the Chief Minister is Ahead
During these periodic ructions partisan critics gloat, bien pensant fellow-travellers despair while the AAP explores new ways of being insurgent. «NDTV, Jun 15»
No Jokes for You
... young women eagerly signing a petition to “end the suffrage of women”—Seinfeld might have been more indifferent to bien pensant feminism ... «City Journal, Jun 15»
Marina O'Loughlin's pick of the food web
... stuffed with candy-sprinkles and cake-laced cream cheese, Brooklyn's The Bagel Store is basically just trolling every bien pensant foodie. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Un Français Critique nationale
... de bons sentiments, Un Français a le courage de ne jamais adresser de message simpliste, de ne pas céder au piège du tract bien pensant. «ÉcranLarge.com, Jun 15»
Is The Catholic Church Drifting Into Eco-Spirituality?
A blend of bien pensant political opinion and moral fervor, its tenor calls to mind those heady leaflets issued by the October Revolution. «The Federalist, May 15»
