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Noun Concept
Categories: Nineteen Eighty-Four, Articles with short description, Fictional elements introduced in 1949, Propaganda techniques, Barriers to critical thinking
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doublethink  Double Think  Doublethought  Reality control
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Believing two contradictory ideas at the same time WordNet 3.0
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Believing two contradictory ideas at the same time WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Doublethink is a process of indoctrination in which subjects are expected to simultaneously accept two conflicting beliefs as truth, often at odds with their own memory or sense of reality. Wikipedia
Ordinary people simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct Wikidata
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction. Wiktionary
The power of holding two contradictory beliefs. Wiktionary (translation)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Double Think, Doublethought, Reality control

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