1984 concept words
DOUBLETHINK means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
DOUBLETHINK
An old relic Julia encounters at one point to make coffee but is later unable to use.
Oil Stove
A long passionate vehement speech, delivered before a public gathering (used to describe the hate speech by the speaker)
Haranguing
the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought.
CrimeStop
A symbol of hope for Winston that is destroyed in this chapter
Coral PaperWeight
Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. (used to describe the popes and previous powers of the world, and their motives).
Avaricious
a person naturally orthodox in newspeak
GoodThinker
Deceives Winston of the correct time, in the end causing his capture by the thought police.
Old Fashioned Clock
Resembling but not containing all features or characteristics of something
Quasi
To dispossess a person of ownership or to take something from another’s possession for oneself.
Expropriate
In Oceania, Newspeak is the official language and English is the . . .
Lingua Franca
April Day, was meant to be said by the prole woman in her song, but in her flawed English it was spelt and pronounced as . . . .?
Ipril Dye