"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them"

Doublethink is an idea presented by George Orwell in his novel 1984. It is the concept of being able to hold two inconsistent beliefs in one's mind all at once and approving both of them as real. This idea is used to manage the populace in the novel, as it allows the government to adjust the residents into believing whatever they want them to believe. Doublethink is a form of mental adjustment, as it requires individuals to approve two opposing ideas as real, also if they are realistically inappropriate. This enables the federal government to manage the populace by making them believe whatever they desire them to think. Doublethink is a powerful device of adjustment, as well as it is a warning of the risks of enabling a government to have too much control over its residents.