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Politics is full of these, like “climate realism” or the Patriot Act. I bet there’s a word for this, but I don’t know it
by smcl 6y ago
Politics is full of these, like “climate realism” or the Patriot Act. I bet there’s a word for this, but I don’t know it
- ainar-g 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak > 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. […]