thought police

短语

思想警察（被认为试图控制他人思想、禁止独立观点的集体）

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group that aims to control the thoughts of others.

    思想警察

    比喻

    These journalists are on their way to becoming thought police.

    My mother would make a good thought police.

词源

Originally used in the first half of the twentieth century as an epithet for the Special Higher Police, although it is arguable that its popularity in modern usage stems primarily from the synonymous organization in George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is responsible for monitoring all citizens and making sure they are not guilty of political dissent or thoughtcrime.

来源：wiktionary