English

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Etymology

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From bad +‎ think.

Noun

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badthink (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of wrongthink
    • 2006, C. Hart, American Barricades, page 83:
      Don't worry about the security checks, they said, we have everything under control; our passengers are triplescreened for fundamentalism and badthink and the pilots are armed.
    • 1967, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 80, page 66:
      Edelman backed away from the console. He turned on the loudspeaker on his belt and straightened up. His voice took on the wooden, pompous tones of a television superhero giving a lecture on the evils of badthink.