thoughtcrime

thoughtcrime
A crime committed by having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts.

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  • Thoughtcrime — Crimethink redirects here. For the anarchist organization/experiment, see CrimethInc.. In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, a thoughtcrime is an illegal type of thought. In the book, the government attempts to control not …   Wikipedia

  • Thoughtcrime — Ein Gedankenverbrechen (jap. 思想犯, shisōhan, engl. Crimethink oder thoughtcrime) war beispielsweise in Japan eine Straftat, die nicht unbedingt im herkömmlichen Sinne begangen werden muss. Es zählt, je nach Interpretation, schon entweder die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • List of Newspeak words — In George Orwell s Nineteen Eighty Four, the fictional language Newspeak attempts to influence thought by influencing the expressiveness of the English language. In keeping with the principles of Newspeak, all of the words listed here serve as… …   Wikipedia

  • Nineteen Eighty-Four — This article is about the Orwell novel. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation). Nineteen Eighty Four   …   Wikipedia

  • Newspeak — For the programming language, see Newspeak (programming language). Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell s novel Nineteen Eighty Four. In the novel, it refers to the deliberately impoverished language promoted by the state. Orwell… …   Wikipedia

  • Ingsoc — The Party Appears in Nineteen Eighty Four …   Wikipedia

  • Doublethink — Doublethink, a word coined by George Orwell in the novel 1984, describes the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in distinct social contexts.[1] It is related to, but distinct from, hypocrisy and… …   Wikipedia

  • Thought Police — The Thought Police ( thinkpol in Newspeak) are the secret police of Oceania in George Orwell s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four . It is the job of the Thought Police to uncover and punish thoughtcrime and thought criminals, using psychology… …   Wikipedia

  • Crimestop — is a Newspeak term taken from the novel Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell. It means to rid oneself of unwanted thoughts, i.e., thoughts that interfere with the ideology of the Party. This way, a person avoids committing thoughtcrime. In the… …   Wikipedia

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