doublespeak

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doublespeak

/ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/

Where it comes from

From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.

noun

uncountable Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity. The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.
Similar: double talk

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noun language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning

Español	doble lenguaje
中文	雙言巧語 /双言巧语 shuāngyánqiǎoyǔ
Français	double langage, double discours
Ελληνικά	διγλωσσία diglossía

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@misc{doublespeak_2026,
  title = {doublespeak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doublespeak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}