Thoughtcrime
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title:
Thoughtcrime
text:
In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, thoughtcrime is the offense of thinking in ways not approved by the ruling Ingsoc party. In the official language of Newspeak, the word crimethink describes the intellectual actions of a person who entertains and holds politically unacceptable thoughts; thus the government of The Party controls the speech, the actions, and the thoughts of the citizens of Oceania. In contemporary English usage, the word thoughtcrime describes the personal beliefs that
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Expression for unorthodox thoughts in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime
date created:
2002-09-18T16:45:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T19:09:15Z
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