novořeč

Czech

FWOTD – 23 February 2018

Etymology

From novo- +‎ řeč. Calque of English newspeak, from Newspeak, from new +‎ speak, coined by George Orwell in the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnovor̝ɛt͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -or̝ɛtʃ, -r̝ɛtʃ
• Hyphenation: no‧vo‧řeč

Noun

novořeč f

1. newspeak [since 20th c.]
   • 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.

Synonyms

• newspeak