TY  - BOOK
AU  - Orwell, George
TI  - Politics And The English Language
SN  - 9780141393063
U1  - 824.912 ORW 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - : Penguin Books
KW  - Political Aspects
KW  - Political Aspects Of English Language
KW  - Philosophy
N2  - Politics and the English Language" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell that criticises the "ugly and inaccurate" written English of his time and examines the connection between political orthodoxies and the debasement of language. The essay focuses on political language, which, according to Orwell, "is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." Orwell believed that the language used was necessarily vague or meaningless because it was intended to hide the truth rather than express it
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