Appendix:Nineteen Eighty-Four
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This is a list of the Newspeak words and other fictional terms found in the book by George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, along with their meanings in English.
| Contents: | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Newspeak | English | |
|---|---|---|
A[edit] | ||
| ante | before | |
| artsem | artificial insemination | |
B[edit] | ||
| bb | Big Brother | |
| bellyfeel | blind, enthusiastic acceptance | |
| Big Brother | discreet mass surveillance | |
| blackwhite | acceptance of what one is told, regardless of objective reality | |
C[edit] | ||
| crimestop | the process of ridding oneself of unorthodox views not sponsored by the state | |
| crimethink | thoughts that go against the Party orthodoxy | |
| crimethinkful | politically or intellectually free | |
D[edit] | ||
| dayorder | order of the day | |
| dep | department | |
| doubleplusgood | any superlative of "good" (e.g. excellent, fantastic, etc.) | |
| doubleplusungood | any superlative of "bad" (e.g. terrible, horrible, etc.) | |
| doublethink | the act of simultaneously believing in contradictory ideas | |
| duckspeak | reflexive, vocal support of Party orthodoxy | |
| doublespeak | language that deliberately disguises or distorts meaning, often via euphemism or ambiguity | |
F[edit] | ||
| facecrime | facial expression that reveals one's thoughtcrime | |
| Ficdep | fiction department | |
| free | absense or lack | |
| -ful | used to form an adjective | |
| fullwise | fully, completely | |
G[edit] | ||
| goodsex | sex only for procreation, without pleasure and strictly within marriage | |
| goodwell | well (adverb) | |
I[edit] | ||
| Ingsoc | English Socialist Party ("the Party") | |
J[edit] | ||
| joycamp | labor camp | |
M[edit] | ||
| malquoted | inaccurate representations of the Party | |
| Miniluv | Ministry of Love, for torture and brainwashing of dissidents | |
| Minipax | Ministry of Peace, Oceania's military center | |
| Minitrue | Ministry of Truth, propaganda and record-deletion department | |
| Miniplenty | Miniplenty, ministry ensuring citizens' perpetual starvation and rationing | |
N[edit] | ||
| Newspeak | English-based language invented by the Party | |
O[edit] | ||
| oldspeak | standard English | |
| oldthink | ideas before the time of the Party, such as objectivity and rationalism | |
P[edit] | ||
| plusgood | very good, great, etc. | |
| plusungood | very bad, terrible, etc. | |
| Pornosec | Pornography production sector | |
| prole | member of Oceania's working class | |
| prolefeed | entertainment to distract the prole masses | |
R[edit] | ||
| Recdep | Records department, where documents are falsified to conform to the Party's agenda | |
| rectify | euphemism for falsifying historical records | |
| ref | to refer | |
S[edit] | ||
| sec | sector | |
| sexcrime | sexual immorality, such as fornication and oral sex | |
| speakwrite | machine that transcribes speech into text | |
T[edit] | ||
| Teledep | Telecommunications department | |
| telescreen | two-way television used to surveil Oceania's population | |
| thinkpol | Thought Police | |
| thoughtcrime | unorthodox thought or belief | |
| Thought Police | secret paramilitary to punish and reform dissidents | |
U[edit] | ||
| unperson | executed person whose existence is erased from history and memory | |
| upsub | submission to higher authority | |
W[edit] | ||
| -wise | only suffix for forming an adverb | |