What is "crimethink"

Usage examples of "crimethink".

Then he pulled the speakwrite towards him and rapped out a message in the hybrid jargon of the Ministries: 'Items one comma five comma seven approved fullwise stop suggestion contained item six doubleplus ridiculous verging crimethink cancel stop unproceed constructionwise antegetting plusfull estimates machinery overheads stop end message.

In the word crimethink (thoughtcrime), for instance, the think came second, whereas in thinkpol Thought Police) it came first, and in the latter word police had lost its second syllable.

All words grouping themselves round the concepts of liberty and equality, for instance, were contained in the single word crimethink, while all words grouping themselves round the concepts of objectivity and rationalism were contained in the single word oldthink.

In the word crimethink (thoughtcrime), for instance, the think came second, whereas in thinkpol Thought Police) it came first, and in the latter word police had lost its second syllable.

All words grouping themselves round the concepts of liberty and equality, for instance, were contained in the single word crimethink, while all words grouping themselves round the concepts of objectivity and rationalism were contained in the single word oldthink.

Words such as justice, democracy and religion have been abolished, or reduced to either crimethink or oldthink.