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Newspeak (n.)

name of the artificial language of official communication in George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 1949, from new (adj.) + speak (n.). Frequently applied to what is perceived as propagandistic warped English.

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Definitions of Newspeak from WordNet

newspeak (n.)
deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public;
the welfare state brought its own newspeak
From wordnet.princeton.edu