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noun
The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
