different between obfuscation vs doublespeak

English

Etymology

From Latin obfuscatio (15th century), from obfusc?re (“to darken”), from ob (“over”) + fusc?re (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

obfuscation (countable and uncountable, plural obfuscations)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
   1. (computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.

      You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.

2. (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
3. (countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.

   During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.

Related terms

• obfuscate
• obfuscatory

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.fys.ka.sj??/

Noun

obfuscation f (plural obfuscations)

1. (programming) obfuscation

English

Etymology

double +? -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.

Noun

doublespeak (uncountable)

1. Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity. Typically used by governments or large institutions.

   The report was riddled with so much corporate doublespeak that it was impossible to interpret.

   • 1976, Brent D. Ruben, The Coming of the Information Age, in Information and Behavior (Brent D. Ruben, ed.), page 7

     The popular and convergent use of information seems to represent something beyond the mere cosmetics of doublespeak, of a "garbage collector" turned "sanitary engineer" or a "strike" turned "work stoppage."

Synonyms

• doubletalk

See also

• doublespeak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations