crimethink
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Noun[edit]
crimethink (uncountable)
- The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).
Verb[edit]
crimethink (third-person singular simple present crimethinks, present participle crimethinking, simple past and past participle crimethought)
- To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)