thoughtcriminal

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A form of thought criminal — A person who has committed a thoughtcrime.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounthoughtcriminal (plural thoughtcriminals)

plural thoughtcriminals

  1. alternativeAlternative form of thought criminal.

    I'm glad to hear you acknowledge that possibility--I was beginning to think you might be a thoughtcriminal.

    2009 May 12, James Arthur, “Climatology: a wonderful science”, in sci.electronics.design (Usenet)
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    NOP definition of 'Communist'- one who believes in communism, an enemy of the People and of the State, a thoughtcriminal.

    1993 March 31, Simon E. Booth, “Dr. Gunn's Execution”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet)

    Erich, Erich, don't you know that it's the Objectivist who is truly the un-Pagan Thoughtcriminal? Mere disagreement is not =nearly= enough to push you ...

    1994 May 22, er...@u.washington.edudissenter., “Xtopia?”, in alt.society.generation-x (Usenet)

    All that Thought Games nonsense and mindscan mumbo-jumbo turns you into a bloody retard! Oh sure, he knows his thoughtcriminals and sexcrims, but is that all there is in life?

    2003, Paul Lucian, NineteenEightyFive: An Unnovel, →ISBN, page 193

    The magnitude of the Party's power and the certainty of its eventual punishment of the thoughtcriminal enables it to permit an extensive variety of crimes, because the thoughtcriminal is always safely under the control of the ultimate privileged class.

    2004, Anthony Stewart, George Orwell, Doubleness, and the Value of Decency, →ISBN

    The US may be somewhat more tolerant of dissent than other empires, but the US also has a penchant for prosecuting thoughtcriminals (Loadenthal, 2015).

    2017, T McGettigan, Donald Trump and the Politics of Racism

Translations

German Gedankenverbrecher, Gedankenverbrecherin
  • Gedankenverbrecherthoughtcriminal
  • Gedankenverbrecherinthoughtcriminal
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APA

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MLA

“thoughtcriminal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoughtcriminal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoughtcriminal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoughtcriminal.

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