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Doublethink

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without acknowledging the contradiction. uncountable, usually

    "The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them. Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? Have you forgotten doublethink?"

  2. 2
    believing two contradictory ideas at the same time wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To engage in doublethink. intransitive

    ""So we both doublethought our way around the inevitable as long as we could because we both really want the same thing and we both have policy problems with our superiors.” “I'm not sure I follow you,” Lindblad said, in a tone of voice[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Etymology 2

From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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