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

newspeak [since 20th c.]
- 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

Declension of novořeč

	singular	plural
nominative	novořeč	novořeči
genitive	novořeči	novořečí
dative	novořeči	novořečem
accusative	novořeč	novořeči
vocative	novořeči	novořeči
locative	novořeči	novořečech
instrumental	novořečí	novořečmi

Synonyms

newspeak