Minipax

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Minipax is the Newspeak name for the Ministry of Peace, the government department in George Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-Four" responsible for war and military affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional government agency
government ministry
appearsIn novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
associatedConcept doublethink
perpetual war
totalitarianism
contradictoryNameUsage Newspeak doublethink
contrastsWith Miniluv NERFINISHED
Miniplenty NERFINISHED
Minitrue NERFINISHED
countryInFiction Oceania NERFINISHED
creator George Orwell NERFINISHED
engagedInConflictWith Eastasia NERFINISHED
Eurasia NERFINISHED
engagesIn military strategy
permanent warfare
fictionalUniverse Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1949
fullName Ministry of Peace NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkAppearedIn dystopian fiction
goalsInFiction control external enemies and alliances
maintain power of the Party
governingBodyInFiction Party
governs armed forces of Oceania
hasCanonicalStatus canonical element of Nineteen Eighty-Four setting
hasThemeRelation war is peace slogan
influenced later depictions of dystopian ministries in fiction
languageVariantOfName Newspeak NERFINISHED
mediaPortrayalManagedBy Minitrue NERFINISHED
nameIrony despite its name, it deals with war
oneOf four ministries of Oceania
partOf government of Oceania
purposeInNarrative illustrate manipulation of language and truth
relatedSlogan War is Peace
responsibleFor foreign wars
military affairs
war
subordinateTo Inner Party NERFINISHED
typeOfName abbreviation
writingSystemOfName Roman alphabet NERFINISHED

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Newspeak exampleWord Minipax