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An instance of unorthodox or controversial thinking, considered as a criminal offense or as socially unacceptable.
‘thoughtcrimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute’
‘But, as with most of these squabbles, he has been punished through sheer bureaucratic frogmarching as much as if he had been found guilty of thoughtcrime.’
‘But his pleas were ignored, and two months later he was brought before Lysenko and an unnamed ally to answer for his thoughtcrime.’
‘In this state Christian clergymen are threatened with jail for thoughtcrimes while vicious child molesters are released from prison to take up residence near schools and playgrounds.’
‘I'm perturbed at the subtextual agenda in this piece, which seeks to define thoughtcrime and convict the ex-leader of it, because after you remove the man the definition stands, and fits people like us quite neatly.’
‘Every single sentence is purged of any possible thoughtcrime, any suggestion that one's corporate goal is not striding confidently forward on its shining path.’
‘At a minimum, these guys are guilty of thoughtcrime, and at the worst, blasphemy.’