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Etymology

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From triple +‎ think, modeled after doublethink.

Noun

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triplethink (uncountable)

  1. The holding of three contradictory beliefs in one's mind at the same time while believing all three to be true.
    • 2009 September 16, Roger J. Anderton, “On Advanced triplethink in Einsteiniana”, in The General Science Journal[1]:
      The proposal is that Einstein’s Relativity is Orwellian doublethink that has now progressed to triplethink; this is a result of Einstein’s Relativity being a poorly defined theory by the mainstream.