Vocab 14 Flashcards
A blind acceptance of an idea or concept with an implication of enthusiasm for the concept despite a lack of knowledge about it.
Bellyfeel - n
A fictional language in 1984, designed to diminish the range of thought. Totalitarian government of Oceania designed this fictional language. Reducing vocab, simplifying grammar, manipulate word meanings.
Newspeak - n
A simplified guide to the rules and procedures of a religion, often memorized.
Catechism - n
To hold two contradictory concepts in your mind simultaneously.
Doublethink - n
Expressing ideas or opinions not in sync with the accepted norm.
Heretical - adj
A system of government wherein power lies with a small group of wealthy, influential people, usually without official position.
Oligarchy - n
A written record which has had the original writing erased and overwritten, but which is still visible in places.
Palimpsest - n
The belief that the only thing that can possibly be proved real is the self.
Solipsism - n
Thinking something that violates the government’s prescribed beliefs.
Thoughtcrime - n
Bad, the opposite of ‛good.’
Ungood - adj
A person about whom all evidence of their existence is erased, typically after they are convicted of a crime and executed.
Unperson - n
many and of various types
Multifarious - adj
Relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering and injustice
Dystopian - n
