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doublethought

doublethought is the simple past and past participle of doublethink.

Meaning of doublethink

Verb

doublethink (third-person singular simple present doublethinks, present participle doublethinking, simple past and past participle doublethought)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in doublethink.
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Noun

doublethought (uncountable)

  1. Doublethink.

Questions about doublethought

What does doublethought mean?
Doublethought means doublethink.
What is doublethought the simple past and past participle of?
Doublethought is the simple past and past participle of doublethink.
What part of speech is doublethought?
Doublethought is a noun.

Words near doublethought in the dictionary

  1. doublethinked
  2. doublethinker
  3. doublethinkers
  4. doublethinking
  5. doublethinks
  6. doublethought
  7. doublethreaded
  8. doublethunk
  9. doubletime
  10. doubletimed
  11. doubletimes

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