Newspeak Definition

no͝ospēk, nyo͝o-
noun
The deliberate use of ambiguous and deceptive talk, as by government officials, in an attempt to control public opinion.
Webster's New World
Such language.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of newspeak.
Wiktionary
pronoun
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.
Wiktionary

A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming.

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Origin of Newspeak

  • new +‎ speak, coined by George Orwell in the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-four.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Newspeak , a language invented by George Orwell in the novel 1984

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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