English Explanatory Dictionary

crimethink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).
verb
  1. To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)

Word forms

crimethink crimethinks crimethinking crimethought

Etymology

Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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