novořeč
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Etymology edit
From nový + -o- + řeč. Calque of English newspeak, from Newspeak, from new + speak, coined by George Orwell in the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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Noun edit
novořeč f
- newspeak [since 20th c.]
- Synonym: newspeak
- 2004, Václav Burian, “Doslov”, in Masłowská, Dorota: Červená a bílá[1], Praha: Odeon:
- […] komunistická novořeč stírala individuální vlastnosti uživatele a znemožňovala ocenit jeho skutečnou hloupost či inteligenci.
- […] communistic newspeak reduced individual qualities of its users and made impossible to acknowledge their stupidity or intelligence.