Definition of "doublespeak" [doublespeak]

• See double talk. (noun)

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• "‡ Orwell coined the term doublespeak to describe one kind of propaganda practiced by the state in Nineteen Eighty-Four."
• "But then doublespeak is the lingua franca of the fight game – not that Chisora is complaining about a deal that could deliver not just one Klitschko but both of them."
• "Obama's slavish conformity to pro-choice doublespeak is especially relentless."