Meanings
nounthoughtcrime (countable and uncountable, plural thoughtcrimes)
plural thoughtcrimes · alternative thought crime
- countableuncountableA crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.
Origin
From thought + crime, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian зла умисъл
- зла умисъл (zla umisăl)a crime
Chinese Mandarin 思想犯罪, 思想罪
- 思想犯罪 (sīxiǎng fànzuì)a crime
- 思想罪 (sīxiǎngzuì)a crime
- 思罪 (sīzuì)a crime
Czech ideozločin
- ideozločina crime
Dutch gedachtemisdaad
- gedachtemisdaada crime
Estonian mõtteroim
- mõtteroima crime
Finnish ajatusrikos
- ajatusrikosa crime
French crimepensée
- crimepenséea crime
German Gedankenverbrechen
- Gedankenverbrechena crime
Hungarian gondolatbűn
- gondolatbűna crime
Polish myślozbrodnia
- myślozbrodniaa crime
Russian мыслепреступле́ние, преступмы́сль
- мыслепреступле́ние (mysleprestuplénije)a crime
- преступмы́сль (prestupmýslʹ)a crime
Swedish tankebrott, krimtänk
- tankebrotta crime
- krimtänka crime
Ukrainian думкозлочин
- думкозлочин (dumkozločyn)a crime
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Cite this entry
APA
thoughtcrime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoughtcrime
MLA
“thoughtcrime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoughtcrime. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoughtcrime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoughtcrime.
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