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)

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