crimethink
English
editEtymology
editCompound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Noun
editcrimethink (uncountable)
- The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).
Verb
editcrimethink (third-person singular simple present crimethinks, present participle crimethinking, simple past and past participle crimethought)
- To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)