Doublespeak Definition

dubəlspēk
noun
Obscure or ambiguous language, esp. if meant to deceive.
Webster's New World

Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity. Typically used by governments or large institutions.

The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.
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Origin of Doublespeak

  • 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.

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Words Starting With

DDODOU

Words Ending With

KAKEAK

Unscrambles

doublespeak

Words Starting With D and Ending With K

Starts With D & Ends With KStarts With DO & Ends With KStarts With D & Ends With AK

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With D11 Letter Words Ending With K