Thought Police
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entity in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
fictional secret police organization
organization in literature
The Thought Police are the secret police force in George Orwell's dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," tasked with uncovering and punishing unorthodox thoughts and dissent against the Party.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thought Police canonical | 10 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entity in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
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fictional secret police organization ⓘ organization in literature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1984
ⓘ
surface form:
Nineteen Eighty-Four
|
| associatedConcept |
Newspeak
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doublethink ⓘ mind control ⓘ political repression ⓘ state surveillance ⓘ thoughtcrime ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Mr. Charrington
ⓘ
O'Brien ⓘ Winston Smith ⓘ |
| controlledBy | the Party ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four) ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Orwell ⓘ |
| describedAs | secret police force of the Party ⓘ |
| enforces | orthodoxy to Party ideology ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four) ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| genre | dystopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
popular culture depictions of secret police
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term "thought police" in political discourse ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
criminalization of thought
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extreme ideological control ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Ministry of Love ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Big Brother ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
detection of thoughtcrime
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enforcement of ideological conformity ⓘ suppression of dissent ⓘ surveillance of citizens ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| notableAction |
arrest of Winston Smith
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surveillance of Winston and Julia ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Airstrip One ⓘ |
| opposes |
political dissent
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thoughtcrime ⓘ unorthodox thoughts ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
constant surveillance
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entrapment ⓘ informers and spies ⓘ interrogation ⓘ monitoring of facial expressions ⓘ monitoring of speech patterns ⓘ monitoring of telescreens ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ torture ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nineteen Eighty-Four