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.
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Declension
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | novořeč | novořeči |
genitive | novořeči | novořečí |
dative | novořeči | novořečem |
accusative | novořeč | novořeči |
vocative | novořeči | novořeči |
locative | novořeči | novořečech |
instrumental | novořečí | novořečmi |
Synonyms
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