war is peace
Totalitarian doublethink slogan
War is peace is a slogan from George Orwell's novel *1984*, one of three paradoxical phrases used by the totalitarian state to condition citizens into accepting contradictions.
The phrase exemplifies doublethink—holding two opposing beliefs simultaneously.
It now describes any propaganda that inverts meaning or demands acceptance of obvious falsehoods: Their "freedom initiative" is pure war is peace.
- doublethinkHolding contradictory beliefs simultaneously
- 1984Dystopian surveillance state tale
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- Room 101Personalized psychological torture location
Orwell · freedom · slavery · ignorance · strength · Big Brother · thought police · totalitarian · contradiction · newspeak · Ministry of Truth · memory hole · control · obedience · dystopia · slogan · oppression · deception
- catchphrasescatchphrase, why so serious, cowabunga, good grief, yabba dabba doo
- Literary Phrasesto be or not to be, carpe diem, et tu Brute, call me Ishmael, once upon a time
war is peacelogical consistency
Freedom from self-contradiction
plain truth · rational thought · clear thinking · tautology · straight talk
war is peacetransparency
State of being see-through
freedom of speech · free press · candor · glasnost · whistleblowing
war is peaceobjective truth
Reality independent of perception
critical thinking · intellectual honesty · evidence-based reasoning · facing facts · sanity
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