Ministry of Truth

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fictional government ministry fictional organization propaganda institution

The Ministry of Truth is a fictional government department in George Orwell's dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," responsible for propaganda, historical revisionism, and controlling information to maintain the Party's power.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ministry of Truth canonical 10
Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1
Records Department of the Ministry of Truth 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional government ministry ⓘ
fictional organization ⓘ
propaganda institution ⓘ
appearsInWork 1984 ⓘ
surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
architecturalFeature corresponding ramifications below ground ⓘ
enormous white concrete pyramid ⓘ
three thousand rooms above ground ⓘ
contrastedWith Ministry of Love ⓘ
Ministry of Peace ⓘ
Ministry of Plenty ⓘ
controlledBy Big Brother ⓘ
the Party ⓘ
countryOfFictionalLocation Oceania ⓘ
creator George Orwell ⓘ
departmentOf government of Oceania ⓘ
employsFictionalCharacter Ampleforth ⓘ
Syme ⓘ
Winston Smith ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1949 ⓘ
genre dystopian fiction element ⓘ
hasFunction creating fictional persons and events for propaganda ⓘ
editing books ⓘ
editing films ⓘ
editing magazines ⓘ
editing newspapers ⓘ
editing photographs ⓘ
hasMotto FREEDOM IS SLAVERY ⓘ
Ignorance is strength ⓘ
surface form: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

WAR IS PEACE ⓘ
languageUsed Newspeak ⓘ
locatedInFictionalCity Airstrip One ⓘ
London, Kiritimati ⓘ
surface form: London (Oceania)
NewspeakName Minitrue ⓘ
oneOfFourMinistriesOf Oceania ⓘ
primaryFunction maintaining the Party’s ideological control ⓘ
shaping public perception of reality ⓘ
responsibleFor alteration of past newspaper articles ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
control of information ⓘ
destruction of obsolete documents ⓘ
falsification of records ⓘ
historical revisionism ⓘ
news management ⓘ
production of Party propaganda ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
rewriting history ⓘ
symbolizes manipulation of truth ⓘ
state control of information ⓘ
totalitarian propaganda ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four → featuresLocation → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
subject surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith → employer → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Winston Smith → worksAt → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Records Department of the Ministry of Truth
The Party → controls → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Oceania → ministry → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Airstrip One → hasMinistry → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Ministry of Love → contrastsWith → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Ministry of Peace → parallelInstitution → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Ministry of Plenty → contrastsWith → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Newspeak → controlledBy → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
1984 → notableConcept → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
Senate House, London → inspirationFor → Ministry of Truth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four