DOUBLESPEAK

Meaning of DOUBLESPEAK in English

— doublespeaker , n.

/dub"euhl speek'/ , n.

evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.

[ 1950-55; DOUBLE + SPEAK, by analogy with DOUBLETHINK ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

DOUBLESPEAK — noun Date: 1952 language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth, ~er noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLESPEAK — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: double think + new speak (herein) 1. : language used to deceive usually through concealment …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLESPEAK — noun Date: 1952 : language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth ; also : gobbledygook • …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLESPEAK — ■ noun deliberately ambiguous or obscure language. Origin 1949: coined by George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four ; cf. doublethink .
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOUBLESPEAK — [dou.ble.speak] n (1952): language used to deceive usu. through concealment or misrepresentation of truth; also: gobbledygook -- dou.ble.speak.er n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLESPEAK — doublespeak BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l spiːk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLESPEAK — / ˈdʌblspiːk; NAmE / (also ˈdouble·talk ) noun [ U ] language that is intended to make people believe sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLESPEAK — doub ‧ le ‧ speak /ˈdʌb ə lˌspiːk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] British English speech that is complicated and can …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLESPEAK — If you refer to what someone says as doublespeak , you are criticizing them for presenting things in a way …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLESPEAK — If you refer to what someone says as ~, you are criticizing them for presenting things in a way that …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DOUBLESPEAK — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Appeasement caused by blindness was followed by delaying tactics and doublespeak intended to buy time. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLESPEAK — [noun] - esp. US for double-talk, see at double (TWICE)
Cambridge English vocab
DOUBLESPEAK — сущ. демагогия Syn : demagogy двойной стандарт (в оценках и т. п.) пустые или демагогические высказывания; уклончивые речи (особ. когда …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLESPEAK — n 1> = double-talk I 2> демагогия; пышные туманные речи
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOUBLESPEAK — сущ.демагогия Syn:demagogy
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DOUBLESPEAK — (n) демагогия; пышные туманные речи
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DOUBLESPEAK — n 1) = double-talk I 2) демагогия; пышные туманные речи
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DOUBLESPEAK — n 1> = double-talk I 2> демагогия; пышные туманные речи
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLESPEAK — сущ. демагогия Syn: demagogy
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOUBLESPEAK — сущ. демагогия Syn: demagogy
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOUBLESPEAK — _n. демагогия
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOUBLESPEAK — n. демагогия
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOUBLESPEAK — сущ. демагогия, пышные, туманные речи.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
DOUBLESPEAK — сущ. демагогия Syn : demagogy двойной стандарт (в оценках и т. п.) пустые или демагогические высказывания; уклончивые речи (особ. когда …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLESPEAK — v. Pronunciation: ' d ə -b ə l- ˌ sp ē k Function: noun Date: 1952 : language used to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DOUBLESPEAKER — noun see: doublespeak
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLESPEAKER — noun see doublespeak
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLESPEAKER — see doublespeak
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLETALK — ■ noun chiefly N. Amer. doublespeak.
Concise Oxford English vocab
-SPEAK — -speak BrE AmE spiːk ▷ — doublespeak ˈdʌb ə l spiːk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLETALK — / ˈdʌbltɔːk; NAmE / noun [ U ] = doublespeak
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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