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thoughtcrime

UK/ˈθɔːtˌkɹaɪm/

thoughtcrime noun: a crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.

Noun

thoughtcrime (countable and uncountable, plural thoughtcrimes)

  1. A crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.

thoughtcrime meaning in Marathi and Bengali

thoughtcrime in Marathi

a crime
विचार-गुन्हा vicār-gunhā

thoughtcrime in Bengali

thoughtcrime
চিন্তাপরাধ cintaporadh

Forms of thoughtcrime

pluralthoughtcrimes

Origin of thoughtcrime

From thought + crime, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Questions about thoughtcrime

What does thoughtcrime mean?
Thoughtcrime means a crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.
What is thoughtcrime in Marathi?
Thoughtcrime in Marathi is विचार-गुन्हा (vicār-gunhā). See Thoughtcrime meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is thoughtcrime?
Thoughtcrime is a noun.
How do you pronounce thoughtcrime?
Thoughtcrime is pronounced /ˈθɔːtˌkɹaɪm/ (UK).
What is the plural of thoughtcrime?
The plural of thoughtcrime is thoughtcrimes.

Words near thoughtcrime in the dictionary

  1. thoughtcast
  2. thoughtcaster
  3. thoughtcasters
  4. thoughtcasting
  5. thoughtcasts
  6. thoughtcrime
  7. thoughtcrimes
  8. thoughtcriminal
  9. thoughtcriminals
  10. thoughte
  11. thoughted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thoughtcrime (page history and authors); চিন্তাপরাধ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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