Meaning of doublespeak | Babel Free

Definitions

Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

uncountable

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Examples

“The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.”

“The popular and convergent use of information seems to represent something beyond the mere cosmetics of doublespeak, of a "garbage collector" turned "sanitary engineer" or a "strike" turned "work stoppage."”

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