Doppelzüngigkeit
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Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.
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- Instance of
- propaganda techniques
- Subclass of
- vocabulary
- Has part
- Algospeak
- Named after
- doublethink
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- has goal
- obfuscation
- uses
- ambiguity
- influenced by
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- described by source
- Manufacturing Consent
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