wooden language
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language that uses vague, ambiguous, abstract or pompous words in order to divert attention from the salient issues
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 18 inbound references to wooden language, and connects out to Charles de Gaulle, George Orwell and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under the topic Rhetoric.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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Charles de Gaulle
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George Orwell
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International Standard Book Number
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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rhetoric
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metaphor
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Georges Clemenceau
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Manichaeism
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calque
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Newspeak
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Michel Butor
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École nationale d'administration
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tautology
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weasel word
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splitting
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bureaucratic terminology
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Françoise Thom
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