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Doublethink

Ministry of Truth

In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, doublethink is the act of simultaneously accepting as correct two mutually contradictory beliefs. It is related to, but distinct from, hypocrisy and neutrality. Its opposite is cognitive dissonance, where the two beliefs cause conflict in one’s mind.

Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:32 am in Language, Politics   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

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