διγλωσσία — meaning in English
diglossia
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English meaning
- doublespeak noun Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
Senses
διγλωσσία is used for these senses in English:
- diglossia (linguistics, sociology) The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages. [from 1959]
- doublespeak Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.