Ignorance is strength

E198745
catchphrase fictional slogan motto paradoxical statement political slogan

"Ignorance is strength" is one of the Party’s paradoxical slogans in George Orwell’s dystopian novel *Nineteen Eighty-Four*, expressing how the regime maintains power by keeping its citizens uninformed and unquestioning.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ignorance is Strength 2
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH 1
Ignorance is strength canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf catchphrase ⓘ
fictional slogan ⓘ
motto ⓘ
paradoxical statement ⓘ
political slogan ⓘ
appearsInWork 1984 ⓘ
surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
associatedWithIdeology Ingsoc ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization the Party ⓘ
associatedWithRegimeType totalitarian regime ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork George Orwell ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact invoked in discussions of disinformation ⓘ
symbol of Orwellian authoritarianism ⓘ
used as a critique of modern propaganda ⓘ
hasForm three-word phrase ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasRhetoricalDevice irony ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
hasTheme anti-intellectualism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
control of information ⓘ
doublethink ⓘ
epistemic oppression ⓘ
indoctrination ⓘ
manipulation of knowledge ⓘ
mass surveillance ⓘ
political control ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
implies knowledge can be a threat to the regime ⓘ
submission is framed as empowerment ⓘ
uninformed citizens are easier to control ⓘ
literaryGenreOfSourceWork dystopian fiction ⓘ
partOf the three Party slogans ⓘ
partOfSloganSet Freedom is slavery ⓘ
War is peace ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1949 ⓘ
quotationFrom 1984 ⓘ
surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
relatedConcept Newspeak ⓘ
Orwellian language ⓘ
brainwashing ⓘ
information control ⓘ
thought control ⓘ
sloganOf The Party ⓘ
surface form: the Party in Nineteen Eighty-Four
usedFor discouraging critical thinking ⓘ
justifying ignorance among citizens ⓘ
legitimizing Party authority ⓘ
maintaining political power ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four → hasMotto → Ignorance is strength ⓘ
subject surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Party → usesSlogan → Ignorance is strength ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ignorance is Strength
Ministry of Truth → hasMotto → Ignorance is strength ⓘ
this entity surface form: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Ministry of Love → mottoEmbodied → Ignorance is strength ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ignorance is Strength