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doublespeak

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/Part of speech nounSorted abdeeklopsuStarts with DEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not

Word origin

From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.

Used in a sentence

  • The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.
  • The popular and convergent use of information seems to represent something beyond the mere cosmetics of doublespeak, of a "garbage collector" turned "sanitary engineer" or a "strike" turned "work stoppage."

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