doublethink
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈdʌb.əl.θɪŋk/us/ˈdʌb.əl.θɪŋk/asituationin which someoneseemstobelievetwooppositethings, orclaimstobelievesomething but does theopposite:
（同时接受两种相矛盾观念的）双重思想；（宣称信仰一种观念但实际奉行另一种的）双重信念Theplaywrightinstilshisplaywith an Orwelliankindof Doublethink.剧作家在他的剧中包含了一种奥威尔式的双重思想。
- Thedebateabout Britain'sdrinkingcultureshould belinkedto theabsurdityand doublethink ofourdruglaws.
- By the 18thcentury, this doublethinkproducedtheideaof the "nude" as asomehowlustlessdepictionof thehumanform.
- It's a lot for asmallchildto get hermindaround thiskindof doublethink, where things areobviouslygoing on andyeteveryone'svaliantlypretendingthey aren't.
- There is anextraordinarycapacityfor doublethink. Theydelightinpointingthefingerat everyoneelseand do notacknowledgethey have aproblem.
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- flimflam
- lie
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper