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The word can be used to mean any kind of "[[propaganda|propagandistic language marked by [[euphemism]], [[circumlocution]], and the inversion of customary meanings".<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspeak</ref> | The word can be used to mean any kind of "[[propaganda|propagandistic]] language marked by [[euphemism]], [[circumlocution]], and the inversion of customary meanings".<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspeak</ref> | ||
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Newspeak is a fictional variant of the English language, from George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the book, imposition of Newspeak systematically enforces the "IngSoc" totalitarian ideology, as it is "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but [used] to make all other modes of thought impossible."[1] The word can be used to mean any kind of "propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings".[2]