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new·speak  (nspk, ny-)
n.
Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public.

[From Newspeak, a language invented by George Orwell in the novel 1984.]

newspeak [ˈnjuːˌspiːk]
n
the language of bureaucrats and politicians, regarded as deliberately ambiguous and misleading
[from 1984, a novel by George Orwell]
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Noun1.newspeak - deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public; "the welfare state brought its own newspeak"
manufacturing, manufacture, fabrication - the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
Translations
newspeak [ˈnjuːspiːk] Nneolengua f


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At the end of the series, he will choose one artist's work to display in his exhibition, Newspeak - British Art Now, at the Hermitage Gallery in St Petersburg, and has also arranged for them to receive their own studio space for three years.
Newspeak was designed not to extend but to diminish the range of thought, and this purpose was indirectly assisted by cutting the choice of words down to a minimum .
This can only be translated as Newspeak for "Let's get this pushed through before the dummies realise what's hit them".
 
 
 
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