Meanings
nouncrimethink (uncountable)
- uncountableThe crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).
verbcrimethink (third-person singular simple present crimethinks, present participle crimethinking, simple past and past participle crimethought)
present singular third person crimethinks · participle present crimethinking · participle past crimethought · past crimethought
- To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)
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Origin
Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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