Definition of "doublethink" [doublethink]

• Thought marked by the acceptance of gross contradictions and falsehoods, especially when used as a technique of self-indoctrination: "Doublethink . . . is a vast system of mental cheating” ( George Orwell). (noun)

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• "Expect lots more of this newspeak and doublethink from the Moulton-Kenney Ministry of Love."
• "Conservatives (read: Republicans) want to be allowed to engage in doublethink on stem cell research, like they do on the more basic tenets of “decency” and “morality.”"
• "Even in using the word doublethink it is necessary to exercise doublethink."