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 used to mislead and manipulate the public

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWSPEAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used 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; manufacturing (the act of making something (a product) from raw materials)