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'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s anti-utopian novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.

'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s anti-utopian novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.

In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a premise, if it implies two contradictory statements. So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own indoctrination, willingly accepting false government propaganda. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.

In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]], if it implies two contradictory [[statement]]s. So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government [[archive]]s.

Douglas Kellner writes:

Douglas Kellner writes:

:In 1984, "Newspeak" is the new totalitarian language which replaces "Old English." The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought so that an individual could not even think critical or subversive thoughts. Potentially critical terms like "freedom" are formally defined into their conceptual opposites ("freedom is slavery"), or are simply eliminated from the dictionary and everyday language. In this manner, critical language would wither away as the number of words which allow differentiation and critique was increasingly reduced. [http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13a.htm]

:In 1984, "Newspeak" is the new [[totalitarian]] language which replaces "Old English." The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought so that an individual could not even think critical or [[subversion|subversive]] thoughts. Potentially critical terms like "freedom" are formally defined into their conceptual opposites ("[[freedom]] is [[slavery]]"), or are simply eliminated from the [[dictionary]] and everyday [[language]]. In this manner, critical language would wither away as the number of words which allow differentiation and critique was increasingly reduced. [http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13a.htm]

Communists and other leftists use language in a way which verges on doublethink.

[[Communist]]s and other [[leftist]]s use language in a way which verges on doublethink.

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