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