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Swedish
Etymology
From tanke + brott. Reinforced by Nineteen Eighty-Four, although the first known use dates to 1735 (there in the form tankbrott).
Noun
tankebrott n
- thoughtcrime; thought considered unacceptable
- Synonym: krimtänk
2018, Staffan Eng, “Historien vi ärvde”, in Populär arkeologi, number 4, →ISSN Invalid ISSN, page 16:Bakom alltsammans skymtade han ett postmodernt kunskapsförakt och en inflytelserik grupp arkeologer, som i stället för att gräva efter sanningen om det förflutna ägnade sig åt att kritisera andra arkeologer – gärna tryggt döda – för diverse tankebrott.- Behind everything, he saw a postmodern disdain for knowledge and an influential grupp of archaeologists, who instead of digging for the truth about the past, spent their time criticizing other archaeologists – preferably comfortably dead ones – for various thoughtcrimes.
- an interruption in the process of thinking
Declension
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