doublespeak
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- doublespeaker noun
Etymology
Origin of doublespeak
First recorded in 1950–55; double + speak, by analogy with doublethink
Example Sentences
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In Leavitt’s usage, “transparency” has become a form of Orwellian “doublespeak,” a word or phrase which through the process of “doublethink” had come to encompass its exact opposite meaning.
From Salon
But the distinction feels like a retreat into semantics — or what Orwell might refer to as “doublespeak.”
From Salon
The lifestyle doublespeak people used to survive under successive dictatorships in Eastern Europe came a little more easily to Poles, who had practiced it before.
From Los Angeles Times
There is a lot of doublespeak, that as women, we have never been as emancipated and free to do what we want as we are today.
From Salon
In our cynical times, most people are familiar enough with doublespeak to understand that anything called a "freedom city" is likely to be the opposite.
From Salon
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