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Believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
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doublethink
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DoubleThink is the third album from hip hop artist Akala , It was released on 3 May 2010 by Illa State Records. The title refers to doublethink , a plot element in George Orwell 's dystopian novel , Nineteen Eighty-Four . Akala noted this novel, Aldous ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It seems that George Orwell's doublethink is well and truly alive in Nottingham. ▪ The Palace of the People was, of course, a massive exercise in doublethink .
WordNet
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n. believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1948, coined by Orwell in "Nineteen Eighty-Four," from double (adj.) + think .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
Usage examples of doublethink.
He would have known he was millimeters from a moral pit trap, a bit of doublethink that would expose a violent defensive reaction when triggered.
Because of them we are in danger of hearing Newspeak and Doublethink everywhere.
This is Orwellian doublethink, an offense against fundamental human standards of intellectual decency.