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doublethink

[ duhb-uhl-thingk ]

noun

  1. the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.


doublethink

/ ˈdʌbəlˌθɪŋk /

noun

  1. deliberate, perverse, or unconscious acceptance or promulgation of conflicting facts, principles, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doublethink1

double + think 1; coined by George Orwell in his novel 1984 (1949)
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Example Sentences

Their proposition is that a brain or brain-like network can enter into a superposition—a state of doublethink in which you perceive the same particle both here and there—but only temporarily.

I was curious how others tolerate this doublethink, so I sought out Jeff Lichtman, a leader in the field of connectomics and a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard.

But 70 years after Orwell wrote those words, doublethink seems to be winning.

It was an almost schizophrenic existence, and a few bizarre remnants of this doublethink still punctuate my life here.

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