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newspeak

Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːspiːk/
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Definition of newspeak

noun

[mass noun]
  • ambiguous euphemistic language used chiefly in political propaganda: ‘deterrence’ is just Newspeak for plain old threatening

Origin:

1949: the name of an artificial official language in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

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