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Analysis reveals necroSpeak obscures war’s violence in media, suggesting a tool for authoritarian stability.
This article concludes that NecroSpeak–an official euphemistic language used in Russian media since 2022-is rooted in a long-standing regime of informational favorability (rezhim informatsionnogo blagopriyatstvovaniya). Far from being merely a set of stylistic choices, it functions as a discursive and ritualised performance of civic loyalty. NecroSpeak not only obscures the violence of war through controlled vocabulary, but also contributes to political disengagement, helping to stabilise authoritarian rule.
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