Doublethink In the case of workers at the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, doublethink means being able to falsify public records, and then believe in the new history that they themselves have just rewritten. As revealed in Goldstein's Book, the Ministry's name is itself an example of doublethink: the Ministry of Truth is really concerned with lies. The other ministries of Airstrip One are similarly named: the Ministry of Peace is concerned with war, the Ministry of Love is concerned with torture, and the Ministry of Plenty is concerned with starvation. The three slogans of the Party—"War is Peace",
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