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Is there a relationship between Orwellian language and political propaganda

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Orwellian language or the concept of Newspeak in George Orwell's novel is a representation of the extremity of propaganda's control over people's thoughts that culminates through language

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In the novel 1984, everyone in the totalitarian state is required to speak in Newspeak which is a state controlled language in which words are regulated according to government propaganda.

the language ties in with the state's political agenda because it is a medium through which one can think. for example a concentration camp for dissenters is called the Ministry of love. the control over thoughts of a population by external factors is rendered complete by control on language.

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