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NEWSPEAK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does newspeak mean?

• NEWSPEAK (noun)
The noun NEWSPEAK has 1 sense:

1. deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public

Familiarity information: NEWSPEAK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NEWSPEAK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the welfare state brought its own newspeak

Hypernyms ("newspeak" is a kind of...):

fabrication; manufacture (the act of making something (a product) from raw materials)

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