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'''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
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'''Newspeak''' is a fictional variant of the [[English language]], from George Orwell's [[dystopia|dystopian]] novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. In the book, imposition of Newspeak systematically enforces the "IngSoc" totalitarian ideology, as it is "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but [used] to make all other modes of thought impossible."<ref name=NewPrin>{{citation
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  | contribution = "The Principles of Newspeak": An appendix to ''1984''
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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>
The word can be used to mean any kind of "[[propaganda|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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Newspeak is a fictional variant of the English language, from George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the book, imposition of Newspeak systematically enforces the "IngSoc" totalitarian ideology, as it is "a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but [used] to make all other modes of thought impossible."[1] The word can be used to mean any kind of "propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings".[2]

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