Definition of DOUBLESPEAK

doublespeak

Meanings

Noun

  • any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
  • Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

Origin / Etymology

From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.

Synonyms

double talk

Scrabble Score: 20

doublespeak is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
doublespeak is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
doublespeak is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

doublespeak is a valid Words With Friends word