thought police
noun
a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
Origin of thought police
1C20: from the Thought Police described by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Words Nearby thought police
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How to use thought police in a sentence
Had he not alienated the Muslim audience, he might have gotten away with it from the politically correct thought police.
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