"two-minute hate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: two-minute hates [plural]
Etymology: From the fictional Two Minutes Hate in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Head templates: {{en-noun}} two-minute hate (plural two-minute hates)
  1. Ritualized hatred towards a perceived enemy, especially when encouraged for political reasons. Wikipedia link: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Two Minutes Hate Categories (topical): British fiction, Politics

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          "text": "The contrast between the two eras is clever and effective, and, with the Great Depression still chugging along at the time of the story's first publication, contemporary readers suffering that debacle's effects would have had no trouble working up a good two-minute hate for the too-comfortable Contents.",
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          "text": "Again, there is talk of America's “lost innocence,” and the ritual two-minute hate once reserved for so-called “militia sympathizers” and government critics is now directed at Islamic radicals and, by extension, the antiwar movement.",
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