Minipax

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Minipax is the Newspeak name for the Ministry of Peace, the government department in George Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-Four" responsible for war and military affairs.

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Minipax canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional government agency
government ministry
appearsIn novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
associatedConcept doublethink
perpetual war
totalitarianism
contradictoryNameUsage Newspeak doublethink
contrastsWith Miniluv
Miniplenty
Minitrue
countryInFiction Oceania
creator George Orwell
engagedInConflictWith Eastasia
Eurasia
engagesIn military strategy
permanent warfare
fictionalUniverse Nineteen Eighty-Four
linked to: 1984
firstPublicationOfWork 1949
fullName Ministry of Peace
genreOfWorkAppearedIn dystopian fiction
goalsInFiction control external enemies and alliances
maintain power of the Party
governingBodyInFiction Party
governs armed forces of Oceania
hasCanonicalStatus canonical element of Nineteen Eighty-Four setting
hasThemeRelation war is peace slogan
influenced later depictions of dystopian ministries in fiction
languageVariantOfName Newspeak
mediaPortrayalManagedBy Minitrue
nameIrony despite its name, it deals with war
oneOf four ministries of Oceania
partOf government of Oceania
purposeInNarrative illustrate manipulation of language and truth
relatedSlogan War is Peace
responsibleFor foreign wars
military affairs
war
subordinateTo Inner Party
typeOfName abbreviation
writingSystemOfName Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script

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Newspeak exampleWord Minipax
Minitrue parallelInstitution Minipax
Miniluv contrastsWith Minipax
Miniplenty relatedTo Minipax