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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes). uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)

Synonyms

All synonyms

crimethoughtwrongthink

Etymology

Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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