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doublethink
dou·ble·think [ dúbb'l thìngk ]


noun 
Definition:
 
acceptance of opposing beliefs: the conscious or unconscious holding of two opposing beliefs at the same time
[Coined by George Orwell in 1984 (1949)]
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