newspeak
[ noo-speek, nyoo- ]
/ ˈnuˌspik, ˈnyu- /
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”
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decorum
Words nearby newspeak
newsman, newsmonger, newspaper, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newspeak, newsperson, newsprint, newsreader, newsreel, newsroom
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Example sentences from the Web for newspeak
A topsy-turvy continent adrift among the gales of newspeak, under the gaze of a million grey bureaucrats passing for big brothers.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
British Dictionary definitions for newspeak
newspeak
/ (ˈnjuːˌspiːk) /
noun
the language of bureaucrats and politicians, regarded as deliberately ambiguous and misleading
Word Origin for newspeak
C20: from 1984, a novel by George Orwell
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