doublespeak
Example Sentences
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But Zuckerberg's announcement that Facebook and Instagram will soon cease fact-checking is such a stellar model of villainous doublespeak that George Orwell would have thought it was a bit much.
From Salon
In the doublespeak and doublethink of autocrats and authoritarians, the Trumpists describe this project as "Making America Great Again."
From Salon
No sophisticated lawyer would rely heavily on any of this doublespeak.
From Los Angeles Times
In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, characters engage in doublespeak, a way of distorting language to obscure its true meaning.
From Salon
Walker proclaimed the law “positively dystopian” and declared it Orwellian “doublespeak.”
From Seattle Times
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