Perhaps this is a cultural thing, but doublespeak seems to be prevalent even in casual conversation

    • xanu@lemmy.world
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      “War is Peace” is doublespeak; an inherent contradiction. Anybody can say it and still see the contradiction and believe that it isn’t true. Doublethink is the internalization of that doublespeak. A Party member says it and sees no contradiction. Deep in their hearts, they understand that to be in a never ending war is to experience neverending peace.

      All that to say that doublespeak was certainly a thing in the novel, as it labours on the distinction between doublespeak and doublethink.

    • can@sh.itjust.works
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      Maybe OP didn’t just read it then. Maybe, like me, they read it years ago and misremembered