Crimestop is a Newspeak term taken from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. It means to rid oneself of unwanted thoughts, i.e. thoughts that interfere with the ideology of the Party. This way, a person avoids committing thought crime, or rather crimethink, as it is called in Newspeak. Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwells famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... Nineteen Eighty-Four (often 1984) is a satirical political novel written by George Orwell. ... George Orwell George Orwell was the pen name of British author Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950). ... Nineteen Eighty-Four (often 1984) is a satirical political novel written by George Orwell. ... The term Crimethink was coined by George Orwell. ...
In the novel, we hear about crimestop through the eyes of protagonistWinston Smith: The protagonist is the central figure of a story, and is often referred to as a storys main character. ... Peter Cushing as Winston Smith in the 1954 BBC Television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, with Donald Pleasence as Syme. ...
"The mind should develop a blind spot whenever a dangerous thought presented itself. The process should be automatic, instinctive. Crimestop, they called it in Newspeak.
He set to work to exercise himself in crimestop. He presented himself with propositions -- 'the Party says the earth is flat', 'the party says that ice is heavier than water' -- and trained himself in not seeing or not understanding the arguments that contradicted them."
See also two plus two make five and blackwhite. The phrase two plus two make five (or 2 + 2 = 5) is sometimes used as a succinct and vivid representation of an illogical statement, especially one made and maintained to suit an ideological agenda. ... In George Orwells dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, blackwhite means the ability to accept whatever truth the governing totalitarian party puts out, no matter how absurd it may be. ...
Crimestop is similar to what sociologists call internalization. Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... To internalize is to put something inside of borders where it did not originally belong. ...
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