doublethink

noun

Meaning

The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.

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Related words

orwellian(English)doublethought(English)double bookkeeping(English)contradictionism(English)cognitive dissonance(English)dialethism(English)paradox(English)dialetheia(English)newspeak(English)contradictory(English)orwell(English)nineteen(English)

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