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George Orwell (1903-1950), author of Animal Farm and outspoken critic of fascism and communism, coined the term newspeak.

Newspeak, as distinct from oldspeak, is the language of self-styled progressive activists who gain power and become authoritarian.

In his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, citizens who did not conform to political orthodoxy were arrested by “thought police”, tortured to make them confess, then put on trial for “thought crimes”.