Nineteen Eighty-Four Airstrip One, Oceania's four government ministries are in pyramids (300 m high), the façades of which display the Party's three slogans. The ministries' names are the opposite (doublethink) of their true functions: "The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation." (Part II, Chapter IX – "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism") The Ministry of Peace supports Oceania's perpetual war against either of the two other superstates: The primary aim of modern warfare (in accordance with the principles of doublethink, this
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