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NEWSPEAK
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public
Example:
the welfare state brought its own newspeak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("newspeak" is a kind of...):
fabrication; manufacture; manufacturing (the act of making something (a product) from raw materials)