Crossword clues for doublespeak
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1957, from double (adj.) + speak, coined on model of doublethink in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (the language in that book was Newspeak).
Wiktionary
n. Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity. Typically used by governments or large institutions.
WordNet
n. any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
Wikipedia
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., " downsizing" for layoffs, "servicing the target" for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning (e.g., "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."). In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth. Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language.
Usage examples of "doublespeak".
It would serve them right, he thought, the doublespeak theocratic rabble.
This doublespeak is possible only because of the ultratolerance of benign Europeans.
Seventy years of totalitarianism had left them with a terrific appetite for back-tracking, doublespeak and doublecross.
He had headed down to the C & O Canal towpath in Georgetown, always his favorite spot, to clear his head of the political doublespeak and figure out a plan of attack.