Given the following question, let's solve step-by-step. Is the following a factual statement?
"The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four coined the term doublethink, which means to simultaneously believe an idea and its contradiction."
Options:
- yes
- no
The dystopian government in Nineteen Eighty-Four requires its citizens to believe many constantly-changing untruths, and among the citizens, doublethink is the practice of believing both the truth and that which one is told.
The final answer: yes.