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What "Orwellian" really means - Noah Tavlin

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If you’ve watched the news or followed politics, chances are you’ve heard the term Orwellian thrown around in one context or another. But have you ever stopped to think about what it really means, or why it’s used so often? Noah Tavlin dissects the term.

Which of the following is one of the effects of introducing "Newspeak"? -- A language with a vocabulary reduced by censorship.

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  • Educator Noah Tavlin
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