# doublespeak

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdəbəlˌspiːk/ · frequency rank #90,379

## Definitions
1. Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

## Etymology
From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/doublespeak