doublethunk

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doublethunk

  1. (rare, nonstandard) past participle of doublethink
    • 2006 November 12, dean6294, ynetnews talkbacks[1]:
      You forgot to include the part about Elvis sightings and alien autopsies,...I think you've "doublethunk" yourself into losing touch with reality. If you actually think that the CIA is competent enough to place Ahmadinejad in power, you've really lost it.
    • 2014 November 6, M. Dentith, The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories, Springer, →ISBN:
      ... but, as they believed they had other reasons for supporting the invasion – be they moral, monetary or something else entirely – they doublethunk (or doublethought) it and endorsed the 'evidence' despite its lack of merit.
    • 2016 July 24, Emperor Norton I, alternatehistory.com[2]:
      Everything has to be palatable, and what is not is explained and excused away and doublethunk like putting salt on something that tastes terrible.