1984 Book 3, Chapter 3

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  1. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
    The word you are trying to think of is solipsism.
  2. doublethink
    believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
    Have you
    forgotten doublethink?’
  3. jailbird
    a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
    A
    forlorn, jailbird’s face with a nobby forehead running back into a bald scalp, a
    crooked nose, and battered-looking cheekbones above which his eyes were fierce
    and watchful.
  4. emaciation
    extreme thinness, usually caused by starvation or disease
    But the truly frightening thing was the emaciation of his body.
  5. hedonistic
    devoted to pleasure
    It is the exact opposite
    of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined.
  6. proletarian
    belonging to or characteristic of the working class
    The secret
    accumulation of knowledge — a gradual spread of enlightenment — ultimately
    a proletarian rebellion — the overthrow of the Party.
  7. self-abasement
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
    In our
    world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement.
  8. mastodon
    an extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished during the Ice Age
    ’But the rocks are full of the bones of extinct animals — mammoths and
    mastodons and enormous reptiles which lived here long before man was ever
    heard of.’
  9. Utopia
    an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
    It is the exact opposite
    of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined.
  10. vitriol
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
    He heard himself promising to lie, to steal, to forge, to
    murder, to encourage drug-taking and prostitution, to disseminate venereal diseases,
    to throw vitriol in a child’s face.
Created on Wed Aug 24 09:19:21 EDT 2011

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