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correctthink

correctthink noun: synonym of goodthink.

Noun (1)

correctthink (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of goodthink.
    • Unfortunately, the Associate Provosts for DEI are not (yet) authorized to fire people outside academia. But perhaps, if SCBWI and the knitting and bird-watching organizations keep up the fight, the general public will gradually learn never to say anything on any subject without including the...2021 July 7, Jon Gallant, Why Evolution Is True
    • As I recall, the word ‘Orthodox‘ takes its meaning from the Greek words orthos (‘right’) and doxa (‘belief’). Or correctthink in today’s terminology. Either way, orthodoxy is entirely accurate.2024 May 4, strativarius, Watts Up With That?
    Synonyms:
    goodthink

Noun (2) capitalized: CorrectThink

CorrectThink (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of correctthink.
    • We cannot survive as a country or culture if CorrectThink is a Get Out Of Jail Free card.2016 October 13, John Nolte, “Feminist Movie Blogger: P***y Groper Devin Faraci Deserves CorrectThink Forgiveness”, in The Daily Wire

Synonyms of correctthink

Forms of correctthink

alternative formCorrectThink

Origin of correctthink

Compound of correct + think, modeled on goodthink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Questions about correctthink

What does correctthink mean?
Correctthink means synonym of goodthink.
What part of speech is correctthink?
Correctthink is a noun.

Words near correctthink in the dictionary

  1. correctours
  2. correctress
  3. correctresses
  4. correctrix
  5. corrects
  6. correctthink
  7. Corredor
  8. Corredors
  9. correfoc
  10. correfocs
  11. corregidor

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