See doublethink on Wiktionary
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"lang": "English",
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"word": "cognitive dissonance"
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"word": "compartmentalization"
}
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"ref": "2011 September 29, Norman Spinrad, A World Between, Gateway, →ISBN:",
"text": "\"So we both doublethought our way around the inevitable as long as we could because we both really want the same thing and we both have policy problems with our superiors.” “I'm not sure I follow you,” Lindblad said, in a tone of voice[…]",
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"ref": "2014 November 6, M. Dentith, The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories, Springer, →ISBN:",
"text": "... but, as they believed they had other reasons for supporting the invasion – be they moral, monetary or something else entirely – they doublethunk (or doublethought) it and endorsed the 'evidence' despite its lack of merit.",
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"To engage in doublethink."
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"(intransitive) To engage in doublethink."
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"Nineteen Eighty-Four",
"doublethink"
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