Dog whistle (politics)
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Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. The phrase is often used as a pejorative because of the inherently deceptive nature of the practice and because the dog-whistle messages are frequently distasteful to the general populace. The analogy is to a dog whistle, whose high-frequency whistle is heard by dogs but inaudible to humans.
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See also
- Aesopian language
- Code word (figure of speech)
- Framing (social sciences)
- Fnord
- Loaded language
- Newspeak
- Political correctness
- Shibboleth
- Southern strategy
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