rightthink

English

Etymology

Compound of right +‎ think, modeled after wrongthink, ultimately modeled on crimethink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Noun

rightthink (uncountable)

1. Synonym of goodthink
   • 2017 December 5, Daniel Robinson, “Free speech on campus: are we being too careful not to offend?”, in University Affairs‎^[1]:

     There is a rightthink and a wrongthink, as Orwell predicted, and pretty well everyone knows what they are. It’s very difficult to get students to even hint at the wrongthink, therefore difficult to get people to discuss both sides of an issue. In this scenario, O’Brien has been replaced by angry anonymous people and groups on social media, who insist that we’re all wrong to thing^[sic] that 2+2=4.

   • 2023 October 20, David Ramsey, “Busybody Republicans and their neurotic quest to control public education”, in Arkansas Times‎^[2]:

     As a parent, you can’t control everything. If something is truly beyond the pale, of course, step in and fight. But there’s always going to be something you don’t love. You can’t cocoon your kids in a vanilla fortress of rightthink. It’s going to be OK.