doublethink

Definitions

The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without acknowledging the contradiction.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The stars can be near or distant, according as we need⟳ them. Do you suppose⟳ our mathematicians are unequal to that? Have⟳ you forgotten doublethink?”

“Any effort by the United States to halt these creeping advances of Communist imperialism became, by the same mad process⟳ of double-think, the only kind of "intervention" there ever could be.”

“Or does the hypocrisy and doublethink go beyond a loathing of the human body and an acceptance of violence to a very practical fear that such a club in a predominantly middle-class Caucasian neighborhood will drive⟳ down property values?”

“The same sort⟳ of doublethink is evident in the White House’s treatment of firsthand impeachment witnesses.”

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