newspeaks

Noun

newspeak (usually uncountable, plural newspeaks)

1. (usually) Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.
   • Yet no-one would deny that a form of ‘newspeak’, however altered, is all too prevalent. Where [George] Orwell’s society was governed by the stick, we are offered the carrot. The truncation of the language on ‘Airstrip One’ was a logical response to the harsh social engineering that engendered it....1984, Jonathon Green, “Introduction”, in Newspeak: A Dictionary of Jargon, London: Routledge & Kegal Paul plc, ISBN 978-0-7100-9685-2; republished Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014...

   Antonyms:

   oldspeak

See all 3 meanings of newspeak