Ministries of Nineteen Eighty-Four when production has actually gone down (see ). The Ministry hands out statistics which are "nonsense". When Winston is adjusting some Ministry of Plenty's figures, he explains this: Like the other ministries, the Ministry of Plenty seems to be entirely misnamed, since it is, in fact, responsible for maintaining a state of perpetual poverty, scarcity and financial shortages. However, the name is also apt, because, along with the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Plenty's other purpose is to convince the populace that they are living in a state of perpetual prosperity. Orwell made a similar reference to the Ministry
Newspeak commit thoughtcrime" (verb). The adjective is formed with the suffix "–ful" ("crimethinkful") and the adverb is formed with the suffix "–wise" ("crimethinkwise"). The few irregular-form words, such as "Minitrue" (Ministry of Truth), "Minipax" (Ministry of Peace), "Miniplenty" (Ministry of Plenty), and "Miniluv" (Ministry of Love) identify the government ministries of the Party. The superlative forms of words are formed with the addition of the positive prefix "plus–" ("plusgood") and with the negative prefix "un–" (ungood). To communicate a greater degree, either of negativity or of positivity, requires affixing the prefix "double" to the other two prefixes to the root word