Miniplenty
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Miniplenty is the fictional government ministry in George Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-Four" responsible for managing the economy and rationing, often through propaganda and manipulation of statistics.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional government ministry
ⓘ
fictional organization ⓘ government agency in fiction ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1984
ⓘ
Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contradictoryName | yes ⓘ |
| controls |
distribution of food
ⓘ
distribution of goods ⓘ ration coupons ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | George Orwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Ministry of Plenty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | The Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentBranchInFiction | executive branch of Oceania ⓘ |
| ideology | Ingsoc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageForm | Newspeak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
falsification of records
ⓘ
propaganda broadcasts ⓘ rewriting economic data ⓘ statistical manipulation ⓘ |
| newspeakAbbreviationOf | Ministry of Plenty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | bureaucratic institution ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | to create scarcity while claiming plenty ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Miniluv
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minipax NERFINISHED ⓘ Minitrue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
adjusting clothing rations
ⓘ
adjusting food rations ⓘ control of consumer goods ⓘ control of food supply ⓘ economic management ⓘ issuing rationing directives ⓘ maintaining illusion of abundance ⓘ manipulation of economic statistics ⓘ presentation of false production figures ⓘ propaganda about economic conditions ⓘ rationing of goods ⓘ reducing chocolate rations ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Inner Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
economic deception
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irony of totalitarian institutions ⓘ state control of resources ⓘ |
| themeInWork |
economic control as social control
ⓘ
political manipulation of truth ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maintaining Party power
ⓘ
reinforcing Party propaganda ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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