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campaignspeak

campaignspeak noun: the jargon used by politicians, lobbyists, and commentators, especially during a political campaign.

Noun

campaignspeak (uncountable)

  1. The jargon used by politicians, lobbyists, and commentators, especially during a political campaign.
    • "That's why I need you so badly, Zoë. You know how to translate the harsh realities of foreign policy into relatively intelligible campaignspeak."
    • Zoë laughed. "Intelligible campaignspeak is an oxymoron."1998, Doris Mortman, The Lucky Ones, Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 50
    Synonyms:
    electionspeak

Examples of campaignspeak in a sentence

  • The media and the public do in fact relish catching politicians' lies, but these are the small lies — lies about money, sex, drug use and other peccadillos, and the ritual doubletalk of campaignspeak.2000, William Blum, Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, Common Courage Press, →ISBN, page 11:
  • Rather, Westen, who describes himself as ardently "pro-Democratic," transposes his clinical findings into one-sided campaignspeak.2007 July 15, Chris Lehmann, “Psyched”, in The Washington Post:

Synonyms of campaignspeak

Origin of campaignspeak

From campaign + -speak.

Questions about campaignspeak

What does campaignspeak mean?
Campaignspeak means the jargon used by politicians, lobbyists, and commentators, especially during a political campaign.
How do you use campaignspeak in a sentence?
The media and the public do in fact relish catching politicians' lies, but these are the small lies — lies about money, sex, drug use and other peccadillos, and the ritual doubletalk of campaignspeak.
What part of speech is campaignspeak?
Campaignspeak is a noun.

Words near campaignspeak in the dictionary

  1. campaignists
  2. campaignlet
  3. campaignlets
  4. campaignlike
  5. campaigns
  6. campaignspeak
  7. Campamento
  8. Campan.
  9. Campana
  10. Campanaro
  11. Campanaros

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