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View synonyms for thought police

thought police

noun

  1. a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thought police1

C20: from the Thought Police described by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
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Example Sentences

Had he not alienated the Muslim audience, he might have gotten away with it from the politically correct thought police.

Odd—when Pax had ruled, there were thought police and the cardinal sin was to be a liberal, to experiment, to seek knowledge.

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