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wrongspeak

wrongspeak noun: utterances that run contrary to the prevailing or mainstream orthodoxy, and may incur punishment such as ostracism.

Noun

wrongspeak (uncountable)

  1. Utterances that run contrary to the prevailing or mainstream orthodoxy, and may incur punishment such as ostracism.
    Synonyms:
    crimespeak

Synonyms of wrongspeak

Origin of wrongspeak

From wrong + -speak, evoking Orwellian coinages like crimethink and doublespeak.

Questions about wrongspeak

What does wrongspeak mean?
Wrongspeak means utterances that run contrary to the prevailing or mainstream orthodoxy, and may incur punishment such as ostracism.
What part of speech is wrongspeak?
Wrongspeak is a noun.

Words near wrongspeak in the dictionary

  1. wrongous
  2. wrongously
  3. wrongousness
  4. wrongs
  5. wrongsome
  6. wrongspeak
  7. wrongtake
  8. wrongtaken
  9. wrongtakes
  10. wrongtaking
  11. wrongthink

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