English Explanatory Dictionary

doublespeak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

Pronunciation

/ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doublespeak.wav

Word forms

doublespeak

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

double talk
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