correctthink

English

Etymology

Compound of correct +‎ think, modeled on goodthink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Noun

correctthink (uncountable)

1. Synonym of goodthink
   • 2021 July 7, Jon Gallant, Why Evolution Is True‎^[1]:

     Unfortunately, the Associate Provosts for DEI are not (yet) authorized to fire people outside academia. But perhaps, if SCBWI and the knitting and bird-watching organizations keep up the fight, the general public will gradually learn never to say anything on any subject without including the approved formulas of correctthink.

   • 2024 April 5, strativarius, Watts Up With That?‎^[2]:

     As I recall, the word ‘Orthodox‘ takes its meaning from the Greek words orthos (‘right’) and doxa (‘belief’). Or correctthink in today’s terminology. Either way, orthodoxy is entirely accurate.