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doublethink

doub·let·hink

US/ˈdʌbʌˌlθɪŋk/ uncommon

noun

1.

believing two contradictory ideas at the same time

Origin

From double + think. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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