wrongthinkEtymologyCompound of wrong + think, probably modelled on earlier crimethink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.wrongthink means beliefs or opinions that run contrary to the prevailing or mainstream orthodoxy. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.nounBeliefs or opinions that run contrary to the prevailing or mainstream orthodoxy.“In other words I spent yesterday in bed with a headache not merely because of my bad attitudes, unpleasant tempers and wrongthink, but because both my grandmothers had migraine, my father has migraine and my mother has migraine.”verbTo engage in wrongthink.“Post a conservative story on Facebook or search for it on Google and out pops Snopes, a partisan site, to warn you of wrongthinking.”