Newspeak

Meanings

Proper Noun

• The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four (George Orwell, 1949). Designed to restrict the words, and thereby the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania.
• A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming.

Noun

• Alternate spelling of newspeak

Origin

• new + speak, in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.