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Thoughtcrime

Thoughtcrime meaning

A crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.

Example sentences (3)

Thoughtcrime (technically the Newspeak term is ) is a notion that’s been growing in popularity over the past decade or so.

But in other regards, he is a perfect specimen of the genre: under the false flag of social justice, he’s seeking to undermine two women — one Asian, the other Latin American — so he can protect readers from a fictional thoughtcrime.

Orwell had a label for this: Thoughtcrime.