1. language that is deliberately ambiguous or misleading; speech that appears to mean one thing but is designed to confuse or deceive
Usage: often used in political or corporate contexts; derived from George Orwell's concept in *1984*

1. to speak in a deliberately ambiguous or misleading way; to use language that obscures the truth
Usage: third-person singular present tense of 'doublespeak'

Examples

• The politician's doublespeaks made it impossible to understand his actual position on the issue.
• Corporate doublespeaks often disguises layoffs as 'workforce optimization.'
• She doublespeaks whenever asked about her involvement in the scandal.
• The advertisement uses doublespeaks to make the product sound better than it actually is.
• He doublespeaks so skillfully that listeners leave confused about what he really meant.
• Doublespeaks has become common in marketing and public relations.
• The report was filled with doublespeaks that obscured the company's poor performance.