HSRP-478

"Thought crime" was an official term in Imperial Japan from 1928; Orwell popularized the word, and "wrongthink" came later.

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1. Header

Number: HSRP-478
Category: Natural Law
Grade: PROBABLE
Status: ACTIVE
Entry form: Full
First entered: Not recorded — added to the register in supplement 027
Last revised: 2026-10-13
Register entry: https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-478

2. The claim, in full

"Thought crime" was an official term in Imperial Japan from 1928; Orwell popularized the word, and "wrongthink" came later.

Cited on: /the-hive-mind, US AND THEM › Crimes of thought and speech. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W1c-13.

3. What it rests on

"Wrong think" is a legal reality, not only a novel's. Imperial Japan used "thought crime" ( shisō-hanzai ) as an official term from 1928; Orwell did not coin "thoughtcrime": the Oxford English Dictionary says he "popularized" it [SRC-845]. Neither "wrongthink" nor "wrongspeak" appears in Nineteen Eighty-Four ; "wrongthink" is a later word, probably modeled on Orwell's "crimethink" [SRC-846].

Source: none linked in the register

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

No source is linked to this observation in the register.

5. Counter-evidence

No counter-evidence is recorded in the register for this observation as of 2026-10-13. No search for counter-evidence has been recorded for this observation.

6. Why this grade

The argument for this grade has not yet been recorded for this observation.

The register defines PROBABLE as: Well supported, but an interpretation or connection across sources rather than something a source states directly.

7. Correction history

2026-10-13: BATCH 2 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from HOW A HIVE DEFENDS ITSELF, HOW A HIVE MOVES AS ONE BODY or US AND THEM — wording unchanged. The moved spans still carry the page's own reference numbers in brackets; converting them to SRC numbers is held for a pass of its own.

8. Related observations

HSRP-477 · WORKING · Heresy, apostasy and blasphemy law shows six recurring moves, and secular states repeat them when a state, party or nation takes a god's place.
Relation: not recorded
HSRP-479 · ESTABLISHED · Democracies are on the same record: the US Sedition Acts of 1798 and 1918, and Eugene Debs's ten-year sentence for an antiwar speech.
Relation: not recorded
HSRP-480 · OPEN QUESTION · Prosecution of thought and speech ends where nothing is placed above question, as the US Supreme Court held in 1943.
Relation: not recorded

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

The Programmable Hive Mind
“"Thought crime" was an official term in Imperial Japan from 1928; Orwell popularized the word, and "wrongthink" came later — PROBABLE”

10. Open questions

Not yet recorded for this observation.

11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "category": "LAW",
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  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /the-hive-mind, US AND THEM › Crimes of thought and speech. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W1c-13.",
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  "ref": "HSRP-478",
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  "supplement": "027",
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