English Explanatory Dictionary

two-minute hate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ritualized hatred towards a perceived enemy, especially when encouraged for political reasons.

Word forms

two-minute hate two-minute hates

Etymology

From the fictional Two Minutes Hate in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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