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
This is hardly Orwellian doublethink, however, this notion that even the worst among us shouldn’t be violated by our colleagues.
From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2019
Virginia Heffernan chats with author Michael Wolff about Siege, the sequel to Fire and Fury, covering Steve Bannon, Trumpian doublethink, how Wolff gets sources to open up, and much more.
From Slate • Jun. 21, 2019
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
It need hardly be said that the subtlest practitioners of doublethink are those who invented doublethink and know that it is a vast system of mental cheating.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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