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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public.

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  1. n. A mode of talk by politicians and officials using ambiguous words to deceive the listener.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. From Newspeak (Wiktionary)
  2. From Newspeak, a language invented by George Orwell in the novel 1984. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. Eastasia
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  3. Oceania
  4. artsem
  5. bellyfeel
  1. blackwhite
  2. crimestop
  3. crimethink
  4. doubleplus
  5. doublethink
  1. duckspeak
  2. facecrime
  3. goodsex
  4. goodthink
  5. goodthinker
  1. ingsoc
  2. joycamp
  3. oldspeak
  4. oldthink
  5. ownlife
  1. prolefeed
  2. sexcrime
  3. thoughtcrime
  4. tonecrime
  5. ungood
  1. unperson
  2. upsub

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  • reesetee Sometimes I actually wonder. Jan 24, 2008

  • uselessness Too true. Humans would be a lot better off without human nature, wouldn't they? Jan 24, 2008

  • reesetee I'm going to guess that it's because those who read and appreciate the message aren't necessarily those who are causing the Orwellian messes--or because those who are causing the Orwellian messes don't think it's them. Ah, human nature. *said sarcastically* Jan 24, 2008

  • treeseed That, my dear uselessness, is the question of the hour. Jan 24, 2008

  • uselessness George Orwell is a hero of mine. I'm always baffled by how everyone seems to know his work, and agree that it's a valuable warning for the future, and yet we continue to spiral into even greater Orwellian messes. How does that happen? Jan 24, 2008

  • sonofgroucho Newspeak was a brilliant concept. So much of what Orwell predicted seems familiar to me living in a 21st century so-called democracy. Jan 24, 2008

  • treeseed Term coined by George Orwell in his dystopian novel 1984 Jan 24, 2008

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