释义 |
newspeak \ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ \ noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Newspeak, a language “designed to diminish the range of thought” in the novel 1984 (1949) by George Orwell died 1950 English author, from new + speak (II) (I) : propagandistic language characterized by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings |