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noun
Beliefs or opinions that run contrary to the prevailing or mainstream orthodoxy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: badthink, crimethink, wrongthought
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To engage in wrongthink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Compound of wrong + think, probably modelled on earlier crimethink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
