DOUBLESPEAK
Dictionary entry overview: What does doublespeak mean? • DOUBLESPEAK (noun)
The noun DOUBLESPEAK has 1 sense:
1. any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
Familiarity information: DOUBLESPEAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DOUBLESPEAK (noun)
Meaning:
Any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("doublespeak" is a kind of...):
equivocation; evasion (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)
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