Definitions
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- proper noun The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four (George Orwell, 1949). Designed to restrict the words, and hence the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania.
- proper noun A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from
Smalltalk , supporting both object-oriented and functional programming. - noun Alternative spelling of
newspeak .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The second piece is by Mick Hume with an interesting observation of how the phrase "smokefree" is a great example of Orwellian NewSpeak as per Orwell's own appendix explaining it, "Orwells little-read appendix to 1984, The Principles of Newspeak, identifies a B vocabulary consisting of words deliberately constructed for political purposes that were intended to impose a desirable mental attitude upon the person using them.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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The title Newspeak refers to the lingo of dictatorship from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: a new language in which words are limited and experience thus restricted.
Exhibitions picks of the week amp; Skye Sherwin 2010
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The Ministry of Truth (or Minitrue, in Newspeak) is one of the four ministries that govern Oceania in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
White House launches health care 'reality check' Web site 2009
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The left invented the codes because they wanted to indoctrinate the young minds into actually believing in Newspeak, which they believe would be doubleplusgood, on the way to manufacturing the New (Wo) Man.
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It is as though they never existed - "We've always been at war with Eastasia" - The BBC is well on the way to becoming the Ministry of Truth (Mini-true, in Newspeak), the branch of the government responsible for the production and dissemination of all information.
The BBC are the Ministry of Truth Not a sheep 2009
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The latest Saatchi gallery exhibition, with the Orwellian title Newspeak: British Art Now, has already been shown in the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg.
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I forgot that Newspeak is now the official language in the United States.
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McDaniel Clan, I use the word Newspeak because I'm borrowing it from 1984.
Jon Stewart vs. Mike Huckabee on Gay Marriage James F. McGrath 2008
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I forgot that Newspeak is now the official language in the United States.
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Moreover, as Winter has noted, ‘Throughout [Nineteen Eighty-Four], Newspeak is identified with Ingsoc’ xii
Hope Begins in the Dark: Re-reading Nineteen Eighty-Four 2005
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