doublespeak
pronunciation
How to pronounce doublespeak in British English:
UK [ˈdʌblspi:k]
How to pronounce doublespeak in American English:
US [ˈdʌblspiːk]
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- Noun:
- any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
Word Origin
- doublespeak (n.)
- 1957, from double (adj.) + speak, coined on model of doublethink in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (the language in that book was Newspeak).
Example
- 1. That 20th-century connoisseur of doublespeak , george orwell , would not have been surprised .
- 2. In the world of doublespeak dying is " terminal living "
- 3. Instead , I found a web of conflicting theories , opinions and political doublespeak .