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| ===== Definition ===== | ===== Definition ===== | ||
| - | Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. | + | "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 | Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for | ||
| - | bombing),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. | + | bombing),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." |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia | ||
| - | Deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language. | + | "Deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language." |
| Oxford Dictionary | Oxford Dictionary | ||
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| ===== Examples ===== | ===== Examples ===== | ||
| - | * Unordered List Item**over the top** vs crazy | + | * **over the top** vs crazy |
| - | * Unordered List Item**senior citizen** vs old person | + | * **senior citizen** vs old person |
| - | * Unordered List Item**baby boomers** vs over-50s | + | * **baby boomers** vs over-50s |
| - | * Unordered List Item**substance abuse** vs drug problem | + | * **substance abuse** vs drug problem |
| - | * Unordered List Item**problem child** vs exasperating difficulty | + | * **problem child** vs exasperating difficulty |
| - | * Unordered List Item**take down** vs kill | + | * **take down** vs kill |
| - | * Unordered List Item**ill advised** vs bad idea | + | * **ill advised** vs bad idea |
| - | * Unordered List Item**restructure the company** vs fire employees | + | * **restructure the company** vs fire employees |
| - | * Unordered List Item**ethnic cleansing** vs genocide | + | * **ethnic cleansing** vs genocide |
| - | * Unordered List Item**collateral damage** vs innocent civilians killed in conflict | + | * **collateral damage** vs innocent civilians killed in conflict |
| - | * Unordered List Item**freedom fighter** vs terrorist (on one’s side) | + | * **freedom fighter** vs terrorist (on one’s side) |
| - | * Unordered List Item**capital punishment** vs death penalty | + | * **capital punishment** vs death penalty |
| - | * Unordered List Item**post-truth** vs downplaying the facts | + | * **post-truth** vs downplaying the facts |
| - | * Unordered List Item**occupied** vs invaded and controlled by enemy forces | + | * **occupied** vs invaded and controlled by enemy forces |
| - | * Unordered List Item**climate change** vs rising natural hazard risk | + | * **climate change** vs rising natural hazard risk |
| - | * Unordered List Item**right-sizing an enterprise** vs firing employees | + | * **right-sizing an enterprise** vs firing employees |
| - | * Unordered List Item**job flexibility** vs no contract and little or no job security | + | * **job flexibility** vs no contract and little or no job security |
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| **Do you know other double-speak examples? | **Do you know other double-speak examples? | ||
| Feel free to write them down** | Feel free to write them down** | ||
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| + | ====== Download the methodological sheet ====== | ||
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| + | {{ :out_of_the_box:tools:critical_thinking:double_speak.pdf |}} | ||
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