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| 1:a group of people who aim or are seen as aiming to [[suppress]] [[ideas]] that deviate from the way of [[thinking]] that they believe to be correct. | | 1:a group of people who aim or are seen as aiming to [[suppress]] [[ideas]] that deviate from the way of [[thinking]] that they believe to be correct. |
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− | The '''Thought Police''' (thinkpol in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak Newspeak]) are the secret police of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four) Oceania] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell George Orwell]'s dystopian novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four]''. | + | The '''Thought Police''' (thinkpol in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak Newspeak]) are the secret police of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four) Oceania] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell George Orwell]'s dystopian novel ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four]''. |
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− | It is the job of the ''Thought Police'' to uncover and punish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime thoughtcrime] and thought-[[criminals]]. They use [[psychology]] and omnipresent [[surveillance]] (such as telescreens) to search, find, monitor and arrest members of society who could potentially [[challenge]] [[authority]] and [[status quo]], even only by thought, hence the name Thought Police. They use [[terror]] and [[torture]] to achieve their ends. | + | It is the job of the ''Thought Police'' to uncover and punish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime thoughtcrime] and thought-[[criminals]]. They use [[psychology]] and omnipresent [[surveillance]] (such as telescreens) to search, find, monitor and arrest members of society who could potentially [[challenge]] [[authority]] and [[status quo]], even only by thought, hence the name Thought Police. They use [[terror]] and [[torture]] to achieve their ends. |
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| It also had much to do with Orwell's own "power of facing unpleasant facts," as he called it, and his willingness to criticize prevailing ideas which brought him into [[conflict]] with others and their "smelly little [[Orthodox|orthodoxies]]." | | It also had much to do with Orwell's own "power of facing unpleasant facts," as he called it, and his willingness to criticize prevailing ideas which brought him into [[conflict]] with others and their "smelly little [[Orthodox|orthodoxies]]." |
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− | In the first half of the twentieth century, prior to the publication of 1984, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokubetsu_K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D_Keisatsu Special Higher Police] (Tokko) in Japan were sometimes known as the ''Thought Police''. | + | In the first half of the twentieth century, prior to the publication of 1984, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokubetsu_K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D_Keisatsu Special Higher Police] (Tokko) in Japan were sometimes known as the ''Thought Police''. |
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− | The term "Thought Police," by extension, has come to refer to real or [[perceived]] enforcement of [[ideological]] correctness, or preemptive policing where a person is apprehended in [[anticipation]] of the possibility that they may commit a [[crime]], in any [[modern]] or historical [[contexts]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_police] | + | The term "Thought Police," by extension, has come to refer to real or [[perceived]] enforcement of [[ideological]] correctness, or preemptive policing where a person is apprehended in [[anticipation]] of the possibility that they may commit a [[crime]], in any [[modern]] or historical [[contexts]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_police] |
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| [[Category: Law]] | | [[Category: Law]] |
| [[Category: Sociology]] | | [[Category: Sociology]] |