correctthink en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of correct + think, modeled on goodthink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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 approved formulas of correctthink.
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?:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CorrectThink | alternative | lexicographic |