The Surprising Origins of ‘Thoughtcrime’

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The Surprising Origins of ‘Thoughtcrime’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Where did the word thoughtcrime originate? Most people, if asked, would probably shrug and say they don’t know. Of those people who feel confident enough to venture an answer, most of those would probably answer, ‘In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.’ Orwell certainly uses the term thoughtcrime, but did the…