tankebrott

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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

  1. 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.
  2. an interruption in the process of thinking

Declension

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