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Doublespeak vs Doublethink - What's the difference?

doublespeak | doublethink |

As nouns the difference between doublespeak and doublethink

is that 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 while doublethink is the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

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")

    doublethink

    English

    Noun

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  • The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.