novořeč

Czech
FWOTD – 23 February 2018

Etymology

From nový +‎ -o- +‎ 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.]
    Synonym: newspeak
    • 2004, Václav Burian, “Doslov”, in Masłowská, Dorota: Červená a bílá‎, 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.

Declension

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