Politics and the English Language

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Year Published:  1946
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX5394

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism., question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.

Subject Headings

• Ideology
• Language
• Politics