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doublespeak

[ duhb-uhl-speek ]

noun

  1. evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.


doublespeak

/ ˈdʌbəlˌspiːk /

noun

  1. the practice of using ambiguous language regarding political, military, or corporate matters in a deliberate attempt to disguise the truth
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Other Words From

  • double·speaker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doublespeak1

First recorded in 1950–55; double + speak, by analogy with doublethink
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Idioms and Phrases

see double talk , def. 2.
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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, on ABC’s The View, token conservative Meghan McCain was getting tangled in her own web of racial doublespeak.

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There’s too much doublespeak, and everything’s got to be couched in words.

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Hollande is ‘the king of doublespeak, ambiguity, and perpetual lies’

The Cold War had become a battlefield marked by doublespeak.

He argues that the Islamists are two-faced and engage in doublespeak.

Facebook brought this on itself, with too many sneaky privacy changes, too much hubris and doublespeak.

You know how to decipher, and largely ignore, the marketing doublespeak.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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