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wrongthought

wrongthought is the simple past and past participle of wrongthink.

Meaning of wrongthink

Verb

wrongthink (third-person singular simple present wrongthinks, present participle wrongthinking, simple past and past participle wrongthought)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To engage in wrongthink.
    • Post a conservative story on Facebook or search for it on Google and out pops Snopes, a partisan site, to warn you of wrongthinking.2017 June 30, Henry Wolff, “The Freedom Center Beats the Southern Poverty Law Center”, in American Renaissance

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Noun

wrongthought (usually uncountable, plural wrongthoughts)

  1. (usually) Synonym of wrongthink.
    • It represents a frightening attempt to monitor all student expression of ideas in all circumstances, including to friends outside of school, and to squelch all expression of wrongthought.2014 April 27, Lydia McGrew, “The Zero Sum Game--again and again and again”, in What’s Wrong with the World
    • Only partially, mind you, because the cause of these wrongthoughts is - ultimately - laziness.2018 November 21, Stuart Gipp, “Sonic CD travels 25 years forward in time”, in Retronauts
    Synonyms:
    wrongthink

Synonyms of wrongthought

Forms of wrongthought

pluralwrongthoughts

Origin of wrongthought

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From wrong + thought.

Questions about wrongthought

What does wrongthought mean?
Wrongthought means synonym of wrongthink.
What is wrongthought the simple past and past participle of?
Wrongthought is the simple past and past participle of wrongthink.
What part of speech is wrongthought?
Wrongthought is a noun.
What is the plural of wrongthought?
The plural of wrongthought is wrongthoughts.

Words near wrongthought in the dictionary

  1. wrongthinked
  2. wrongthinker
  3. wrongthinkers
  4. wrongthinking
  5. wrongthinks
  6. wrongthought
  7. wrongthoughts
  8. wrongthunk
  9. wrongtook
  10. wrongways
  11. wrongwise

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