Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in on…

George Orwell
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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. ✨ Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 2, ch. 9 (1949)
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