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1984 Vocab Flashcards

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Totalitarianism

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Absolute control by an individual, group, or government

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Dystopian

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A society characterized by human misery, oppression, disease and overcrowding

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Big Brother

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Leader of the party, supreme ruler of Oceania, instills loyalty and fear to the party, on posters, 45 yrs old, heavy black mustache, ruggedly handsome features

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Doublethink

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The acceptance of 2 contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time

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Sanguine

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Bloody red

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Superfluous

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Excessive, unnecessary, extravagant

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Proletariat or prole

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Working class, 85% of the population

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Propaganda

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Info, ideas, rumors deliberately spread to harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation

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Ingsoc

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System of psychological control to love Big Brother

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Doublespeak

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Evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse

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Telescreen

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Instrument that monitors every movement and conversation for the party

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Newspeak

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Invented language designed to control the thought process

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Memory hole

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Mechanism for deliberate altercation or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photos, or records to give impression that something never happened

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Two Minute Hate

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Daily public period where outer party members must watch a film with the enemies of the state specifically Goldstein and his followers to express their hatred for them

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RFID

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Radio frequency identification device that keeps track of something/someone

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2+2=5

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Idea that the party can make you believe anything and that nothing can be proven

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TOUR DE FORCE

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Impressive performance or achievement accomplished with great skill

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Room 101

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Basement torture chamber in Ministry of Love in which the party attempts to break the prisoners resistance with their worst fear

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Thoughtcrime

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Political unorthodox thoughts, unspoken beliefs and doubts that contradict ingsoc

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The Party

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Population that controls Oceania that believes in Big Brother

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