Meanings
- uncountableThe jargon or rhetoric of politicians, lobbyists, and commentators during an election campaign.
Such mindless, meaningless electionspeak brought to mind the words of Orwell: […]
2013, David Marsh, For Who the Bell Tolls: One Man's Quest for Grammatical Perfection, Faber and Faber Ltd, →ISBN2 more examples
Bolstered claims of mustering a simple majority are an integral part of electionspeak.
1999, India Today International, volume 24, page 276Accustomed as they are to electionspeak, the mainstream media can’t seem to fathom that the selection of a pope is an altogether different sort of thing.
2013 February 13, Marybeth Hicks, “Media waste no time to display ignorance”, in The Washington TimesSynonyms: campaignspeak
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe jargon or rhetoric of politicians, lobbyists, and commentators during an election campaign.
Origin
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electionspeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electionspeak
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