Doublespeak
Language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the song by American metalcore band Myka Relocate, see Lies to Light the Way.
Not to be confused with Doublethink or Double-talk.
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing),[1] in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.
Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language.[2][3]