"politicianese" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "politician",
        "3": "ese"
      },
      "expansion": "politician + -ese",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From politician + -ese.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "politicianese (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Edward Willmore, “Preface”, in Cromwell, the Protector: A Play, page vii",
          "text": "In journalese and politicianese every warning is grave, every destruction wanton, every feeling sensibly felt[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1931 June 1, The Daily Messenger, Madisonville, Ky., page four",
          "text": "This is fine, of course, but somewhat vague, illusory and politicianese.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946 May 5, “Iowa Political Notes”, in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, volume 64, number 116, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, four, page 2",
          "text": "The statement said the governor will answer only “valid criticisms,” during the campaign. Political Notes doesn’t know what that means in French or Chinese, but in Politicianese it means: “There simply can’t be any valid criticism against our man so we ain’t answering nuttin’.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Harlan Coben, One False Move (Myron Bolitar series), Hodder & Stoughton, page 105",
          "text": "“The name is not unfamiliar,” Chance said, “but . . .” He shook his head. Not unfamiliar. You gotta love it when they speak politicianese.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Folco Zanobini, “The Politician and “Politicianese””, in What Do You Think of Italy?: Guide for Getting to Know Italians, Not for Tourists But for Humans, iUniverse.com, Inc., pages 66–68",
          "text": "Listening to their meetings is almost never pleasant: it generates boredom and sleepiness. Their language is contorted and ambiguous: it’s the so-called “politicianese”.[…]This is how politicianese (politichese in Italian) came about, almost a language in itself, made from indirect allusions, reassuring vagueness, technicalities difficult to understand....",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Damian Tambini, Nationalism in Italian Politics: The Stories of the Northern League, 1980-2000 (Routledge Advances in European Politics), Routledge",
          "text": "He later defended this kind of work: ‘A slogan, a poster with just a few words (hard words) is worth a thousand polished, hypocritical messages in politicianese’ (Bossi, in Iacopini and Bianchi 1994: vii).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jody Lynn Nye, Robert Asprin’s Dragons Run, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books",
          "text": "She might speak fluent politicianese, but she never talked down to her correspondents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Political jargon; the obfuscatory or euphemistic language used by politicians."
      ],
      "id": "en-politicianese-en-noun-lzWc7yZD",
      "links": [
        [
          "Political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "jargon",
          "jargon"
        ],
        [
          "obfuscatory",
          "obfuscatory"
        ],
        [
          "euphemistic",
          "euphemistic"
        ],
        [
          "politician",
          "politician"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "politicianspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicese"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicospeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicalspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politispeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicalese"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "political jargon, language used by politicians",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politichese"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "political jargon, language used by politicians",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politiqués"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "politicianese"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "politician",
        "3": "ese"
      },
      "expansion": "politician + -ese",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From politician + -ese.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "politicianese (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -ese",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Edward Willmore, “Preface”, in Cromwell, the Protector: A Play, page vii",
          "text": "In journalese and politicianese every warning is grave, every destruction wanton, every feeling sensibly felt[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1931 June 1, The Daily Messenger, Madisonville, Ky., page four",
          "text": "This is fine, of course, but somewhat vague, illusory and politicianese.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946 May 5, “Iowa Political Notes”, in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, volume 64, number 116, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, four, page 2",
          "text": "The statement said the governor will answer only “valid criticisms,” during the campaign. Political Notes doesn’t know what that means in French or Chinese, but in Politicianese it means: “There simply can’t be any valid criticism against our man so we ain’t answering nuttin’.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Harlan Coben, One False Move (Myron Bolitar series), Hodder & Stoughton, page 105",
          "text": "“The name is not unfamiliar,” Chance said, “but . . .” He shook his head. Not unfamiliar. You gotta love it when they speak politicianese.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Folco Zanobini, “The Politician and “Politicianese””, in What Do You Think of Italy?: Guide for Getting to Know Italians, Not for Tourists But for Humans, iUniverse.com, Inc., pages 66–68",
          "text": "Listening to their meetings is almost never pleasant: it generates boredom and sleepiness. Their language is contorted and ambiguous: it’s the so-called “politicianese”.[…]This is how politicianese (politichese in Italian) came about, almost a language in itself, made from indirect allusions, reassuring vagueness, technicalities difficult to understand....",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Damian Tambini, Nationalism in Italian Politics: The Stories of the Northern League, 1980-2000 (Routledge Advances in European Politics), Routledge",
          "text": "He later defended this kind of work: ‘A slogan, a poster with just a few words (hard words) is worth a thousand polished, hypocritical messages in politicianese’ (Bossi, in Iacopini and Bianchi 1994: vii).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jody Lynn Nye, Robert Asprin’s Dragons Run, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books",
          "text": "She might speak fluent politicianese, but she never talked down to her correspondents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Political jargon; the obfuscatory or euphemistic language used by politicians."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "jargon",
          "jargon"
        ],
        [
          "obfuscatory",
          "obfuscatory"
        ],
        [
          "euphemistic",
          "euphemistic"
        ],
        [
          "politician",
          "politician"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "politicianspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicese"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicospeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicalspeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politispeak"
        },
        {
          "word": "politicalese"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "political jargon, language used by politicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politichese"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "political jargon, language used by politicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politiqués"
    }
  ],
  "word": "politicianese"
}