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doublespeak

/ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
dou-ble-s-peak
IPA
/ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

double talk

Questions

How do you pronounce doublespeak?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/.
What does doublespeak mean?
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
Where does doublespeak come from?
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.

How to pronounce doublespeak

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