newspeak
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Newspeak¹
Where it comes from
From new + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The programming language was so named because of its “shrinkable” design, following Orwell's idea of a continually diminishing vocabulary in Newspeak.
proper noun
- The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc and designed to restrict the words, and thereby the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania in the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. In Orwell’s 1984, the use of ambiguous and confusing language with restricted grammar and limited vocabulary, known as Newspeak, diminishes the range of a person’s thought process. For example, in Newspeak, the term “Fake News” would replace the words: accurate, correct, factual and reliable news re
- A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming. Many modern languages like Haskell, Scala, and Newspeak offer parser combinators as libraries on top of the core language.
noun Newspeaks
- Alternative letter-case form of newspeak All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning. But we must be ready to identify other kinds of Newspeak, even if they take the apparently innocent form of a popular talk show.
newspeak²
- /ˈn(j)uːspiːk/
Where it comes from
From Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in 1949. Equivalent to new + speak.
noun newspeaks
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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. Th
Opposite: oldspeak
Translations
Every language
name fictional language
| Español | neolengua |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신어 sineo, 뉴스피크 nyuseupikeu |
| 日本語 | ニュースピーク nyūsupīku, 新語 shingo |
| 中文 | 新語 /新语 xīnyǔ, 新話 /新话 xīnhuà |
| Português | novilíngua, novafala, novidioma |
| Français | novlangue |
| Deutsch | Neusprech |
| Italiano | neolingua |
| Română | novlimbă |
| Русский | новоя́з novojáz |
| עברית | שִׂיחָדָשׁ siaḥadásh |
noun use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners
| Español | neolengua |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 新話 /新话 xīnhuà |
| Português | novilíngua |
| Français | novlangue |
| Deutsch | Neusprech |
| Italiano | neolingua |
| Русский | новоя́з novojáz |
| עברית | שִׂיחָדָשׁ siẖádash |
Talk about this word "newspeak." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/newspeak. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. newspeak. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/newspeak "newspeak." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/newspeak.Cite this
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title = {newspeak},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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