Catechism. Discountenanced. Dissemble. Doublethink. Heretical. Infallible

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Catechism

Definition: A simplified guide to the rules and procedures of a religion, often memorized.

Example:He began asking his questions in a low, expressionless voice, as though this were a routine, a sort of catechism, most of whose answers were known to him already.

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Discountenanced

Definition: Made embarrassing or frowned-upon.

Example:‛Mrs’ was a word somewhat discountenanced by the Party—you were supposed to call everyone ‘comrade’—but with some women one used it instinctively.

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Dissemble

Definition: To lie via affecting a false appearance or behavior.

Example:To dissembleyour feelings, to control your face, to do what everyone else was doing, was an instinctive reaction.

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Doublethink

Definition: To hold two contradictory concepts in your mind simultaneously.

Example:And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. ‘Reality control’, they called it: in Newspeak, ‘doublethink.’

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Heretical

Definition: Expressing ideas or opinions not in sync with the accepted norm.

Example:Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate. Perhaps Withers or someone close to him had been suspected of heretical tendencies.

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Infallible

Definition: Incapable of making mistakes.

Example: Big Brother is infallibleand all-powerful.

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