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newspeak

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Main Entry: new·speak
Pronunciation: \ˈnü-ˌspēk, ˈnyü-\
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Newspeak, a language designed to diminish the range of thought, in the novel 1984 (1949) by George Orwell
Date: 1950

: propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings


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