doublethink

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English

Etymology

From English, double +‎ think. Coined by George Orwell in Nineteen-Eighty Four.

Noun

doublethink (uncountable)

1. The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

Translations

The power of holding two contradictory beliefs

Chinese: Mandarin: 雙想 (zh), 双想 (zh), 雙重思想 (zh), 双重思想 (zh) French: doublepensée (fr) f. Georgian: ორაზრი (ka)

German: Doppeldenk (de) n. Lithuanian: dvejamintė (lt) f. Russian: двоемыслие (ru) (dvojemýslije) n. Serbo-Croatian: dvomisao (sh)