...at once that language was being used in an improper way. Many political words are similarly abused. The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far...different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the...

...at once that language was being used in an improper way. Many political words are similarly abused. The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far...different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there • An interesting illustration...

...O'Brien, 273. 5 In his famous postwar essay "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell notes that "the word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable' " (83). 6 Gregor, Italian Fascism and Developmental Dictatorship and Young Mussolini and the Intellectual...

...at once that language was being used in an improper way. Many political words are similarly abused. The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far...different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the...

...nebulous brothers and sisters bear repeating: The \vordfascism has now no meaning except in so far it signifies something not desirable. The words democracy,...different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the...

...at once that language was being used in an improper way. Many political words are similarly abused. The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far...different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the...

...published Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell made the following comment about the contemporary English usage: The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic,...different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the...

...of the phenomenon described by George Orwell in his great essay "Politics and the English Language": The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies "something not desirable." It's difficult for any libertarian to defend the excesses of the McCarthy era. The government has no...