Ownlife
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In George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, ownlife means to do anything that suggests a taste for solitude, even take a walk by oneself. While in itself not constituting crimethink, it is a kind of behaviour strongly disapproved by the Party and apt to bring a person to the attention of the Thought Police. From the Party's point of view, Winston Smith's career could serve as an example to the assertion that excessive indulgence in ownlife - such as avoiding community hikes and taking long walks through the back streets of London - could indeed eventually lead a person to become a full-fledged Thought Criminal.
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | |
|---|---|
| By George Orwell | |
| Characters | Winston Smith | Julia | O'Brien | Big Brother | Emmanuel Goldstein |
| Places | Oceania | Eastasia | Eurasia | Airstrip One | Room 101 |
| Classes | Inner Party | Outer Party | Proles |
| Ministries | Love | Peace | Plenty | Truth |
| Concepts | Ingsoc | Newspeak | Doublethink | Goodthink | Crimestop Two plus two | Thoughtcrime | Ownlife | Prolefeed |
| Miscellaneous | Thought Police | Telescreen | Memory hole | The Book | Newspeak words |
| Other media | Film | TV programme | Opera | 1985 | Me and the Big Guy |
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