Back إبهام (استعمال اللغة) Arabic দুইকথা Bengali/Bangla Doble discurso Spanish Doublespeak ID ダブルスピーク Japanese 이중화법 Korean Duple-parla LFN Doublespeak Portuguese 雙言巧語 Chinese 表裡 ZH-CLASSICAL
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing),[1] in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.
Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language.[2][3]
- ^ "Pentagon Is Given an Award, but It's No Prize". The New York Times. November 24, 1991.
- ^ Orwell, George (2008). 1984. Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-14-103614-4.
- ^ Herman, 1992.