Appendix:Nineteen Eighty-Four

This is a list of the Newspeak words and other fictional terms found in the book by George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, along with their meanings in English.

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Newspeak English
ante before
artsem artificial insemination
bb Big Brother
bellyfeel blind, enthusiastic acceptance
Big Brother discreet mass surveillance
blackwhite acceptance of what one is told, regardless of objective reality
crimestop the process of ridding oneself of unorthodox views not sponsored by the state
crimethink thoughts that go against the Party orthodoxy
crimethinkful politically or intellectually free
dayorder order of the day
dep department
doubleplus- prefix used to emphasize words to an extreme degree
doubleplusgood any superlative of "good" (e.g. excellent, fantastic, etc.)
doubleplusungood any superlative of "bad" (e.g. terrible, horrible, etc.)
doublethink the act of simultaneously believing in contradictory ideas
duckspeak reflexive, vocal support of Party orthodoxy
doublespeak language that deliberately disguises or distorts meaning, often via euphemism or ambiguity
facecrime facial expression that reveals one's thoughtcrime
Ficdep fiction department
free absense or lack
-ful used to form an adjective
fullwise fully, completely
goodsex sex only for procreation, without pleasure and strictly within marriage
goodwell well (adverb)
Ingsoc English Socialist Party ("the Party")
joycamp labor camp
malquoted inaccurate representations of the Party
Miniluv Ministry of Love, for torture and brainwashing of dissidents
Minipax Ministry of Peace, Oceania's military center
Minitrue Ministry of Truth, propaganda and record-deletion department
Miniplenty Miniplenty, ministry ensuring citizens' perpetual starvation and rationing
Newspeak English-based language invented by the Party
oldspeak standard English
oldthink ideas before the time of the Party, such as objectivity and rationalism
plus- prefix used to emphasize words
plusgood very good, great, etc.
plusungood very bad, terrible, etc.
Pornosec Pornography production sector
prole member of Oceania's working class
prolefeed entertainment to distract the prole masses
Recdep Records department, where documents are falsified to conform to the Party's agenda
rectify euphemism for falsifying historical records
ref to refer
sec sector
sexcrime sexual immorality, such as fornication and oral sex
speakwrite machine that transcribes speech into text
Teledep Telecommunications department
telescreen two-way television used to surveil Oceania's population
thinkpol Thought Police
thoughtcrime unorthodox thought or belief
Thought Police secret paramilitary to punish and reform dissidents
un- prefix used to negate words
unperson executed person whose existence is erased from history and memory
upsub submission to higher authority
-wise only suffix for forming an adverb