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'''Newspeak''' is a fictional variant of the English language, from George Orwell's [[dystopia|dystopian]] novel, ''1984''. In the book, it was a systematic way of forcing the "IngSoc" totalitarian ideology, by creating "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible:.<ref name=NewPrin>{{citation
'''Newspeak''' is a fictional variant of the English language, from George Orwell's [[dystopia|dystopian]] novel, ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. In the book, it was a systematic way of forcing the "IngSoc" totalitarian ideology, by creating "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.<ref name=NewPrin>{{citation
  | author = George Orwell
  | author = George Orwell
  | contribution = "The Principles of Newspeak": An appendix to ''1984''
  | contribution = "The Principles of Newspeak": An appendix to ''1984''
  | year = 1948
  | year = 1948
  | url = http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-prin.html
  | url = http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-prin.html  
 
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It has entered the language as any kind of 'propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings'.<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspeak</ref>


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Revision as of 20:32, 21 March 2009

Newspeak is a fictional variant of the English language, from George Orwell's dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the book, it was a systematic way of forcing the "IngSoc" totalitarian ideology, by creating "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.[1] It has entered the language as any kind of 'propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings'.[2]

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