doublethink
Meanings
Plural: doublethinks
Noun
- believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
- The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without acknowledging the contradiction.
Verb
- To engage in doublethink.
Origin / Etymology
From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Scrabble Score: 21
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Words With Friends Score: 24
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