Newspeak is the kind of language that developed in Orwell's 1984, or was coerced to move people in a certain direction. In recent years there has been a change in language where the truth is hidden and concealed behind passive or positive words. This article is intended to list words and terms and document their meaning and justification.
Nowadays, this is also noticeable in our language, sometimes subtly, sometimes more aggressively.
On YouTube, Youtubers use words that are similarly leaning, rewritten or cynical in controversial topics to protect against censorship. The new language that we are experiencing here in the 2020s is by no means unilaterally dictated from above, but is also used by the opposing side to prevent censorship of certain words or statements.
Here are some excerpts that have been increasingly noticed in recent years:
| What they say | What you mean | Meaning or justification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialists | Refugees | Cynical description of refugees, who were referred to as skilled workers under the Merkel government during the 2015 crisis, although this is not true. | |
| Falicate | Caliphate | Defusing the religious and political context to avoid digital censorship of critical statements on social networks | |
| unlinks | on the right? | A left-wing ideological neologism that associates non-left-wing behavior as negative (strong 1984′ tendency) | taz.de, Archive, Archive 2 |
| Unemployment | Unemployment | Mitigating the negative connotation | |
| Releases | Dismissals | Concealing the unpleasant reality | |
| Assisted suicide | Euthanasia | Differentiated presentation of the ethical implications | |
| Humanitarian interventions | War operations | Concealment of the warlike character | |
| Security measure | Monitoring | Less invasive presentation of privacy intrusions | |
| Green biotechnology | Genetic engineering | Emphasizing the positive aspects of the technology | |
| Climate change | Global warming | More neutral presentation of an alarming phenomenon | |
| Socially disadvantaged | Poor | Reduction of stigmatization | |
| Premium stability | Increase in social security contributions | Concealment of the actual increase | |
| Citizens with a migration background | Foreigners | Emphasis on integration and social cohesion | |
| Fee adjustment | Fee increase | Less negative presentation of the increase | |
| Cost containment | Reduction in benefits | Positive presentation of necessary measures | |
| Alternative facts | Lies | Less negative presentation of false statements | |
| People seeking protection | Asylum seekers | Positive representation, as words with asylum have negative connotations | |
| Optimization of personnel resources | Dismissals | Concealing the fact that employees are being made redundant | |
| Restructuring | Mass redundancies | Concealing the fact that employees are being made redundant on a large scale |
In the English Wikipedia, you can find Examples of newspeak from Orwell's 1984.
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