Correctthink

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of goodthink. uncountable

    "Unfortunately, the Associate Provosts for DEI are not (yet) authorized to fire people outside academia. But perhaps, if SCBWI and the knitting and bird-watching organizations keep up the fight, the general public will gradually learn never to say anything on any subject without including the approved formulas of correctthink."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of correctthink. alt-of, uncountable

    "We cannot survive as a country or culture if CorrectThink is a Get Out Of Jail Free card."

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goodthink

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"Unfortunately, the Associate Provosts for DEI are not (yet) authorized to fire people outside academia. But perhaps, if SCBWI and the knitting and bird-watching organizations keep up the fight, the general public will gradually learn never to say anything on any subject without including the approved formulas of correctthink."

Etymology

Compound of correct + think, modeled on goodthink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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