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'''Newspeak''' appears in [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[1984]]''. It is a [[language]], designed by the ruling regime [[Ingsoc]] to replace Oldspeak ([[English]]).
'''Newspeak''' appears in [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[1984]]''. It is a [[language]], designed by the ruling regime [[Ingsoc]] to replace Oldspeak ([[English]]).
Its purpose is to suppress thought by severely curtailing both the conceptual vocabulary and permissable grammatical structures of Oldspeak. As Orwell describes in the Appendix: "....a thought diverging from the principles of Ingsoc should be literally unthinkable, at least insofar as thought is dependent on words." <ref>p. 312, 1984 - George Orwell, Penguin, 1984</ref>
Its purpose is to suppress thought by severely curtailing both the conceptual vocabulary and permissible grammatical structures of Oldspeak. As Orwell describes in the Appendix: "....a thought diverging from the principles of Ingsoc should be literally unthinkable, at least insofar as thought is dependent on words." <ref>p. 312, 1984 - George Orwell, Penguin, 1984</ref>
It is a terrifying notion, not least for its plausibility and the games we see played with words and meanings by those in power today.
It is a terrifying notion, not least for its plausibility and the games we see played with words and meanings by those in power today.