Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crimethink

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crime-think
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).

Uncountable

verb

To think in an unorthodox or unofficial manner (to commit a thoughtcrime)

Etymology

Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

crimethinks (present, singular) crimethinking (participle, present) crimethought (participle, past) crimethought (past)

Questions

What does crimethink mean?: The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).
Where does crimethink come from?: Compound of crime + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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