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A '''Code word''' may refer any of several concepts:

* A clandestine [[code name]], a clandestine name or cryptonym used to identify sensitive information

:* [[Informal code word]], a term used like [[code name]]snames but without formal agreement, to communicate something more selectively than direct language would.

* [[Code word]] in [[cryptography]] and [[telecommunications]].

* [[Code word (figure of speech)|Code word]], ain termcryptography chosenand for [[propagandatelecommunications]] value.

* [[Code word (figure of speech)]], a term chosen for propaganda value

* [[Informal code word]], a term used like [[code name]]s but without formal agreement, to communicate something more selectively than direct language would.

:* "Code word", a rhetorical device used in [[Dog-whistle politics]]

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