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doublethink

/duhb-uhl-thingk/US // ˈdʌb əlˌθɪŋk //UK // (ˈdʌbəlˌθɪŋk) //

双重思维,双重思考,双重思想,双重性思考

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.

Examples

  • I was curious how others tolerate this doublethink, so I sought out Jeff Lichtman, a leader in the field of connectomics and a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard.

  • But 70 years after Orwell wrote those words, doublethink seems to be winning.

  • It was an almost schizophrenic existence, and a few bizarre remnants of this doublethink still punctuate my life here.