doublethink

English

Etymology

From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in Nineteen-Eighty Four.

Noun

doublethink (usually uncountable, plural doublethinks)

  1. The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them.

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