Newspeak Words / 1984-Specfic Vocabulary
This is the Ministry of Truth's Newspeak name.
What is 'Minitrue'?
This man is a minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London. He hates the totalitarian control and enforced repression that are characteristic of his government. He harbors revolutionary dreams.
Who is Winston Smith?
This member of the party has a role that is insignificant (without power or influence).
Who is Winston Smith?
This person comes to Winston's door while he is writing in his diary.
Who is Mrs. Parsons?
This is the Newspeak term for a crime you can commit just by thinking incorrectly.
What is Thoughtcrime?
A mysterious, powerful, and sophisticated member of the Inner Party whom Winston believes is also a member of the Brotherhood, the legendary group of anti-Party rebels.
Who is O'Brien?
This is a Ministry whose job is to alter historical records to fit the Party agenda.
What is the Ministry of Truth?
“We shall meet in the place where there is no__________."
What is "Darkness"?
A t.v in the citizen's homes where the thought police are always watching them.
What is a Telescreen?
An obnoxious and dull Party member who lives near Winston and works at the Ministry of Truth. He has a dull wife and a group of suspicious, ill-mannered children who are members of the Junior Spies.
Who is Parsons?
Winston believes that this person hates the party because of a "Loathing" in his eyes before The Two Minutes of Hate.
Who is O'Brien?
This is the main reason that Winston has trouble remember his childhood.
What is - he has no photos or records of the past?
What is doublethink?
His image is stamped on coins and broadcast on the unavoidable telescreens; it haunts Winston’s life and fills him with hatred and fascination. He never appears in the novel, and though he may not actually exist, this man, the perceived ruler of Oceania, is an extremely important figure.
Who is Big Brother?
This is the crime that Winston commits in chapter one.
What is starting a diary?
This is an organization that teaches/trains children to spy on their parents and other adults.
What is the Junior Spies?
The secret police of the superstate of Oceania, who discover and punish thoughtcrime, personal and political thoughts unapproved by Ingsoc's regime.
What are the Thought Police?
These two characters were "swallowed up in one of the first great purges of the Fifties".
Who are Winston's parents?
This is a two-minute session that allows the citizens of Oceania to vent their existential anguish and personal hatreds towards politically expedient enemies: Goldstein and the enemy superstate of the moment.
These are the three ruling nations of the world.
What are Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia?