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newspeak

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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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