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Meaning
Noun
●
Alternative letter-case form of newspeak
●
Use of
ambiguous
,
misleading
, or
euphemistic
words
in order to
deceive
the
listener
, especially by
politicians
and officials.
Name
●
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 thereby the
thoughts
, of the
citizens
of Oceania.
●
A
highly
dynamic
and
reflective
programming language
descended
from Smalltalk,
supporting
both
object-oriented
and
functional
programming
.
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