Newspeak
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Alternative spellings
- newspeak
Etymology
new + speak, coined by George Orwell in the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-four.
Proper noun
- The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four (George Orwell, 1949). Designed to restrict the words, and hence the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania.
- The mode of talk by politicians and officials using ambiguous words to deceive the listener.
- A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming.
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