"crimethink" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crime|think}} crime + think, {{coin|en|George Orwell|in=1949|nocap=1}} coined by George Orwell in 1949 Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} crimethink (uncountable)
  1. The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-crimethink-en-noun-tu979mQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

Forms: crimethinks [present, singular, third-person], crimethinking [participle, present], crimethought [participle, past], crimethought [past]
Etymology: crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crime|think}} crime + think, {{coin|en|George Orwell|in=1949|nocap=1}} coined by George Orwell in 1949 Head templates: {{en-verb|crimethink<,,crimethought>}} crimethink (third-person singular simple present crimethinks, present participle crimethinking, simple past and past participle crimethought)
  1. To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime) Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-crimethink-en-verb-oI7-16TJ Disambiguation of Thinking: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 62

Inflected forms

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