Doublethinking

/ˈdʌbəlˌθɪŋkɪŋ/ verb

Definition

The act or process of engaging in doublethink; accepting contradictory ideas without noticing or caring about the contradiction.

Etymology

From 'doublethink' plus the gerund suffix '-ing,' creating a verb form. This is Orwell's term used in describing the mental process of contradiction in his dystopian novel.

Kelly Says

Modern psychologists have studied doublethinking and found it's actually possible—people do it every day when they care about different things that contradict each other, like loving cars but hating pollution.

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