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Definition of Newspeak
1. Noun. Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public. "The welfare state brought its own newspeak"
Definition of Newspeak
1. Proper noun. The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc in the novel ''Nineteen Eighty-four'' (George Orwell, 1949). Designed to restrict the words, and hence the thoughts, of the citizens of ''Oceania''. ¹
2. Proper noun. A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of newspeak) ¹
4. Noun. A mode of talk by politicians and officials using ambiguous words to deceive the listener. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Newspeak
1. a deliberately ambiguous language [n -S]
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