thought police

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Definition of thought police in English Turkish dictionary

düşünce polis

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Definition of thought police in English English dictionary

A group that aims to control what other people think

My mother would make a good thought police. (singular usage).

the police organization in George Orwell's story 1984, whose job is to control what people think and the way that they think. The expression 'thought police' is sometimes used for describing any group that tries to tell other people what opinions they should have or what words they should use

Hyphenation

thought po·lice

Turkish pronunciation

thôt pılis

Synonyms

head cop

Pronunciation

/ˈᴛʜôt pəˈlēs/ /ˈθɔːt pəˈliːs/

Etymology

() Originally used in the first half of the twentieth century as an epithet for the Tokkō, although it is arguable that its popularity in modern usage stems primarily from George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four. An organization responsible for monitoring all citizens and making sure they are not guilty of political dissent, or thought crime.