doublespeak

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/

Definition of doublespeak

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
    “The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.”
    “The popular and convergent use of information seems to represent something beyond the mere cosmetics of doublespeak, of a "garbage collector" turned "sanitary engineer" or a "strike" turned "work stoppage."”

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Etymology

From 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.

Words you can make from doublespeak

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9-letter words

1 word

8-letter words

2 words

7-letter words

30 words

6-letter words

90 words

5-letter words

76 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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