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Definition of Doublespeak
1. Noun. Any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not.
Definition of Doublespeak
1. Noun. Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity. Typically used by governments or large institutions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doublespeak
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doublespeak
Literary usage of Doublespeak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Plain English Handbook: How to Create Clear SEC Disclosure Documents edited by Nancy M. Smith (2001)
"Alan J. Davis, Graphs and doublespeak, Quarterly Review of doublespeak, Volume
XVIII, Number 4, July 1992. Bryan A. Garner, The Elements of Legal Style ..."
2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"To suggest otherwise would smack of Orwellian doublespeak. The issue for this
investigation, therefore, is not whether Congress and the President both have ..."
3. Capital (1888)
"... no one can fail also to note the irony in the use of similar doublespeak in
the authoritative rationale for an organisation whose chief objective has ..."
4. Biological Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists (2000)
"Instead, to this day, we continue to hear evasions, doublespeak, and outright lies.
American experts who have been to Russia and inspected the biowarfare ..."
5. Assisted Suicide edited by Michael Bilirakis (1998)
"... with doublespeak and mixed intentions. We know the majority of deaths are
planned, caused as they are by stopping or withholding a therapy, ..."
6. Voices of Liberationby Gerald J. Pillay by Gerald J. Pillay (1993)
"The passing away of apartheid will continue long after it is legally dead.
The violence and doublespeak that accompanied this ..."
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