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Definition of thoughtcrime in English: thoughtcrimenounˈθɔːtkrʌɪmˈTHôtkrīm An instance of unorthodox or controversial thinking, considered as a criminal offence or as socially unacceptable. thoughtcrimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute Example sentencesExamples - But his pleas were ignored, and two months later he was brought before Lysenko and an unnamed ally to answer for his thoughtcrime.
- In this state Christian clergymen are threatened with jail for thoughtcrimes while vicious child molesters are released from prison to take up residence near schools and playgrounds.
- But, as with most of these squabbles, he has been punished through sheer bureaucratic frogmarching as much as if he had been found guilty of thoughtcrime.
- Every single sentence is purged of any possible thoughtcrime, any suggestion that one's corporate goal is not striding confidently forward on its shining path.
- At a minimum, these guys are guilty of thoughtcrime, and at the worst, blasphemy.
- I'm perturbed at the subtextual agenda in this piece, which seeks to define thoughtcrime and convict the ex-leader of it, because after you remove the man the definition stands, and fits people like us quite neatly.
Origin 1949: from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Definition of thoughtcrime in US English: thoughtcrimenounˈTHôtkrīm An instance of unorthodox or controversial thinking, considered as a criminal offense or as socially unacceptable. thoughtcrimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute Example sentencesExamples - But, as with most of these squabbles, he has been punished through sheer bureaucratic frogmarching as much as if he had been found guilty of thoughtcrime.
- But his pleas were ignored, and two months later he was brought before Lysenko and an unnamed ally to answer for his thoughtcrime.
- In this state Christian clergymen are threatened with jail for thoughtcrimes while vicious child molesters are released from prison to take up residence near schools and playgrounds.
- I'm perturbed at the subtextual agenda in this piece, which seeks to define thoughtcrime and convict the ex-leader of it, because after you remove the man the definition stands, and fits people like us quite neatly.
- Every single sentence is purged of any possible thoughtcrime, any suggestion that one's corporate goal is not striding confidently forward on its shining path.
- At a minimum, these guys are guilty of thoughtcrime, and at the worst, blasphemy.
Origin 1949: from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. |