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10 Language-to-English DictionariesGedankenpolizei
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡəˈdaŋkn̩poliˌt͡saɪ
"Die Kritiker warnten vor einer modernen Gedankenpolizei."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fictional or real authority that monitors people's actions and speech for unapproved political ideas or deviations from official dogma.
"He felt that modern corporate culture was beginning to resemble a regular thought-police." - 2
People who attempt to control what others think, say, or write by enforcing strict ideological conformity.
"University campuses are sometimes accused of housing a self-appointed thought-police."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coinage from George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, combining the noun 'thought' and the collective noun 'police'. It originally referred to the fictional totalitarian agency that uncovers and punishes unapproved thoughts, subsequently entering general political lexicon to describe individuals or authorities that suppress unorthodox opinions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Thought-police" is said worldwide
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police de la pensée
Transliteration: pɔ.lis də la pɑ̃.se
"Il craint l'émergence d'une police de la pensée dans les médias."
Gedankenpolizei
Transliteration: ɡəˈdaŋkn̩poliˌt͡saɪ
"Die Kritiker warnten vor einer modernen Gedankenpolizei."
polizia del pensiero
Transliteration: poˈlit.t͡si.a del penˈsjɛ.ro
"Non possiamo accettare una polizia del pensiero nella nostra società."
policía del pensamiento
Transliteration: po.liˈsi.a del pen.saˈmjen.to
"Algunos acusan a las redes sociales de actuar como una policía del pensamiento."
polícia do pensamento
Transliteration: puˈli.si.a du pẽ.saˈmẽ.tu
"O autor alertou sobre os perigos de uma polícia do pensamento."
विचार पुलिस
Transliteration: vichar police
"समाज में विचार पुलिस का बढ़ता प्रभाव चिंताजनक है।"
思想警察
Transliteration: sīxiǎng jǐngchá
"这部小说描绘了一个充满思想警察的极权社会。"
사상경찰
Transliteration: sasang-gyeongchal
"우리는 일상 속의 사상경찰을 경계해야 한다."
思想警察
Transliteration: shisō keisatsu
"彼は現代社会に潜む思想警察について警鐘を鳴らした。"
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