In the novel 1984 of George Orwell the “Miniver” is the ministry for the truth (the name is the contraction of the function; in original version, the name is " MINREC" for " ministry off record"). The name follows in fact the principle of Doublepensée since it is acted in fact of a ministry for propaganda. Namely an organization who as often as rewrites the history “necessary”. Example: When Océania is in war against Eurasia (and allied in Estasia), the Miniver destroys all the documents dating from the time when alliances were opposite.

Relationship with the real-world

Without going until naming as in the novel of Orwell Ministry for the Love the ministry for the Interior, all the current capacities in all the countries of the world take freedoms relating to certain designations. The Ministère of the war became with the wire of time Ministère of the armies , then Ministère of Defense . The index of air pollution “index of quality of the air”, and the expenditure of disease of the “expenditure of health ”.

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