THOUGHT POLICE


Meaning of THOUGHT POLICE in English

ˈThought Poˌlice, the BrE AmE

the police organization in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four whose job is to control what people think and the way that they think. The expression ‘thought police’ is sometimes used for describing any group that tries to tell other people what opinions they should have or what words they should use.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.