Synonyms for newspeak
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : noo-speek, nyoo- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnuˌspik, ˈnyu- |
Top 10 synonyms for newspeak Other synonyms for the word newspeak
- abracadabra
- advertising
- agitprop
- announcement
- balderdash
- banality
- bombast
- brainwashing
- bunk
- buzzwords
- cant
- cliché
- colloquialism
- commonplace term
- doctrine
- doublespeak
- drivel
- evangelism
- fustian
- gibberish
- hackneyed term
- handout
- hogwash
- implantation
- inculcation
- insipidity
- lexicon
- mumbo jumbo
- neologism
- newspeak
- nonsense
- overused term
- palaver
- patter
- promotion
- promulgation
- proselytism
- publication
- rigmarole
- shoptalk
- slanguage
- speech
- stale language
- street talk
- tongue
- trite language
- twaddle
- usage
- vernacular
- vocabulary
Définition of newspeak
Origin :- name of the artificial language of official communication in George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 1949, from new + speak. Frequently applied to what is perceived as propagandistic warped English.
- As in jargon : noun specialized language; dialect
- As in propaganda : noun information that is designed to mislead or persuade
- A topsy-turvy continent adrift among the gales of newspeak, under the gaze of a million grey bureaucrats passing for big brothers.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
Antonyms for newspeak
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