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A term associated with [[George Orwell]]'s dystopia [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]],  it is the formation of a "dangerous thought" -- not necessarily communicating it or acting upon it; in an extreme totalitarian state, he who can form such a thought is automatically an enemy of the state
A term associated with George Orwell's dystopia [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]],  it is the formation of a "dangerous thought" -- not necessarily communicating it or acting upon it; in an extreme totalitarian state, he who can form such a thought is automatically an enemy of the state

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Thoughtcrime [r]: A term associated with George Orwell's dystopia Nineteen Eighty-Four, it is the formation of a "dangerous thought" -- not necessarily communicating it or acting upon it; in an extreme totalitarian state, he who can form such a thought is automatically an enemy of the state