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| − | '''Logocidal''' is an attempt to kill a word or to pervert a meaning in order to destroy it. The result is something deadly to reason and communication, designed to limit what it was possible to think about or discuss. The best known example can be found in [[Newspeak]] as told by [[George Orwell]]’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. | + | '''Logocidal''' or logocide is an attempt to kill a word or to pervert a meaning in order to destroy it. The result is something deadly to reason and communication, designed to limit what it was possible to think about or discuss. The best known example can be found in [[Newspeak]] as told by [[George Orwell]]’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. |
[[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Liberal Traits]] [[Category:Deceit]] | [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Liberal Traits]] [[Category:Deceit]] | ||
Revision as of 02:45, January 31, 2016
Logocidal or logocide is an attempt to kill a word or to pervert a meaning in order to destroy it. The result is something deadly to reason and communication, designed to limit what it was possible to think about or discuss. The best known example can be found in Newspeak as told by George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.