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Noun Concept
Categories: Cognitive dissonance, Articles with short description, Propaganda techniques using words, Euphemisms, Nineteen Eighty-Four
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doublespeak  double-speak  double speak  Duoblespeak  Redefining language
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Any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not WordNet 3.0
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Any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Wikipedia
Language that is deceptively ambiguous Wikipedia Disambiguation
Language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words Wikidata
IS A
evasion
propaganda technique
vocabulary
lie
distinction without a difference
HAS KIND
glittering generality
NAMED AFTER
doublethink
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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doublespeak
Wikipedia
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doublespeak
Wikidata
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doublespeak
Wikipedia Redirections
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double-speak, double speak, Duoblespeak, Redefining language, Redefining terms, Verbal gymnastics
Wikidata Alias
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Doublespeak

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