"Newspeak" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: new + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The programming language was so named because of its “shrinkable” design, following Orwell's idea of a continually diminishing vocabulary in Newspeak. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|new|speak}} new + speak, {{coin|en|George Orwell|in=1949|nocap=1}} coined by George Orwell in 1949 Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Newspeak
  1. (fiction) 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. Categories (topical): Fiction, Artificial languages, Languages Derived forms: fanspeak, newspeak Translations (fictional language): նորալեզու (noralezu) (Armenian), навамо́ўе (navamóŭje) [neuter] (Belarusian), новго́вор (novgóvor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), novaparla [feminine] (Catalan), 新語 (Chinese Mandarin), 新语 (xīnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 新話 (Chinese Mandarin), 新话 (xīnhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), newspeak [masculine] (Czech), nysprog [neuter] (Danish), Newspeak (Dutch), novparolo (Esperanto), uuskeel (Estonian), uuskieli (Finnish), novlangue [feminine] (French), ახალმეტყველება (axalmeṭq̇veleba) (Georgian), Neusprech [neuter] (German), שִׂיחָדָשׁ (siaḥadásh) [masculine] (Hebrew), újbeszél (Hungarian), nýlenska (Icelandic), neolingua (Italian), ニュースピーク (nyūsupīku) (Japanese), 新語 (shingo) (alt: しんご) (Japanese), 신어 (sineo) (alt: 新語) (Korean), 뉴스피크 (nyuseupikeu) (Korean), naujakalbė [feminine] (Lithuanian), нового́вор (novogóvor) [masculine] (Macedonian), nytale [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nowomowa [feminine] (Polish), novilíngua [feminine] (Portuguese), novafala [feminine] (Portuguese), novidioma [masculine] (Portuguese), novlimbă [feminine] (Romanian), новоя́з (novojáz) [masculine] (Russian), новоговор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), novogovor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), novorek [masculine] (Slovene), neolengua [feminine] (Spanish), nyspråk [neuter] (Swedish), новомо́ва (novomóva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Newspeak-en-name-tdpkxuGH Disambiguation of Artificial languages: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Languages: 45 48 7 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 39 20 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'fictional language': 72 28
  2. (computer languages) A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming. Categories (topical): Computer languages, Artificial languages, Languages
    Sense id: en-Newspeak-en-name-z8ovA7Ox Disambiguation of Artificial languages: 40 48 12 Disambiguation of Languages: 45 48 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 47 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 39 20 Topics: computer-languages, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Noun

Forms: Newspeaks [plural]
Etymology: new + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The programming language was so named because of its “shrinkable” design, following Orwell's idea of a continually diminishing vocabulary in Newspeak. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|new|speak}} new + speak, {{coin|en|George Orwell|in=1949|nocap=1}} coined by George Orwell in 1949 Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} Newspeak (usually uncountable, plural Newspeaks)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of newspeak Tags: alt-of, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: newspeak Categories (topical): Artificial languages Related terms: political correctness, spin
    Sense id: en-Newspeak-en-noun-KtL349L0 Disambiguation of Artificial languages: 40 48 12 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 39 20

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