[Grem] G. Orwell on the words 'fascism' and 'democracy' (Politics and the English Language, 1946)

[Emoke Greschik]

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*The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies
‘something not desirable’.* The words *democracy, socialism, freedom,
patriotic, realistic, justice* have each of them several 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 attempt to make
one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that *when we
call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of
every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might
have to stop using that word if it were tied down to any one meaning. Words
of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way. That is, the
person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer
to think he means something quite different. *
*George Orwell:   Politics and the English Language, 1946*

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