Newspeak

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Newspeak is a fictional variant of the English language, from George Orwell's dystopian novel, 1984. In the book, it was a systematic way of forcing the "IngSoc" totalitarian ideology, by creating "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible:.[1]

References

  1. ↑ George Orwell (1948), "The Principles of Newspeak": An appendix to 1984
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