thoughtcriminal
Unapproved ideas holder
A thoughtcriminal is someone guilty of thoughtcrime—holding beliefs or opinions forbidden by an authority.
The term comes from George Orwell's novel *1984*, where the totalitarian state punishes citizens for unapproved thoughts.
Now used to describe anyone persecuted for dissenting views or, sarcastically, someone who holds politically incorrect opinions: According to HR, I'm a thoughtcriminal for questioning the new policy.
Dystopian totalitarianism novel
- doublethinkHolding contradictory beliefs simultaneously
- Big BrotherTotalitarian surveillance authority
- unpersonPerson erased from existence
- thoughtcrimeProhibited beliefs under authoritarianism
memory hole · Room 101 · telescreen · Ministry of Truth · Ministry of Love · Oceania · proles · Winston Smith
Opponent of orthodoxy
- freethinkerRejects doctrine for reason
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- hereticChallenger of official doctrine
- apostateOne who renounces faith
defector · whistleblower · political prisoner · prisoner of conscience · samizdat · refusenik · exile · persecuted
Root-indicating symbol
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- insurgentOne who revolts
- agitatorOne who foments discord
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
iconoclast · contrarian · maverick · resistance · defiance · opposition · activist · reformist
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Dystopian totalitarianism novel
- doublethinkHolding contradictory beliefs simultaneously
- Big BrotherTotalitarian surveillance authority
- unpersonPerson erased from existence
thoughtcrime · memory hole · Room 101 · telescreen · Ministry of Truth · Ministry of Love · Oceania · proles · Winston Smith · Goldstein
dissenter
Opponent of orthodoxy
- freethinkerRejects doctrine for reason
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- hereticChallenger of official doctrine
apostate · defector · whistleblower · political prisoner · prisoner of conscience · samizdat · refusenik · exile · persecuted · silenced
radical
Root-indicating symbol
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- insurgentOne who revolts
- agitatorOne who foments discord
provocateur · iconoclast · contrarian · maverick · resistance · defiance · opposition · activist · reformist · troublemaker
thoughtcriminalloyalist
Faithful supporter of authority
party loyalist · true believer · conformist · party member · party faithful
thoughtcriminalthought police
Suppressors of forbidden beliefs
informant · informer · secret police · enforcer · Big Brother
thought, criminal, think, thinking, thinker, thinks, thinkable, unthinkable, thoughtful