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Doubletalk vs Doublespeak - What's the difference?

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Doublespeak is a synonym of doubletalk.



As nouns the difference between doubletalk and doublespeak

is that doubletalk is alternative form of double talk, possibly written as one word in homage to George Orwell's Newspeak (as with doublespeak) while doublespeak is any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity. Typically used by governments or large institutions.

doubletalk

English

Noun

  • , possibly written as one word in homage to George Orwell's Newspeak (as with doublespeak).

    • doublespeak

    English

    Noun

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  • 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.
  • *1976 , Brent D. Ruben, The Coming of the Information Age'', in ''Information and Behavior (Brent D. Ruben, ed.), page 7
  • *: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."

    • Synonyms

    *doubletalk

    See also

    *(wikipedia "doublespeak")