doublethink
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of doublethink
double + think 1; coined by George Orwell in his novel 1984 (1949)
Example Sentences
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Greene and Bolling really provide a remarkable example of doublethink.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
For many, including perhaps Orwell himself, the totalitarian world of Big Brother and doublethink was not merely the exotic trajectory of Stalinist Russia but the fate of imperial policing everywhere, including Britain.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2020
From Orwell’s evocation of the totalitarian superstate of Oceania, new words entered the language: doublethink, thoughtcrime, newspeak and Big Brother.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2019
In Team Sky’s long history of befuddling cycling’s establishment with doublethink and contradiction, that might yet be the greatest coup of all.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2018
His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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