1984-esque

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1984-esque

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From 1984 + -esque. Piecewise doublet of 1984-ish.

adjective more 1984-esque · most 1984-esque · 1984esque

Resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship. What is this globalism anyway? This new world order? This one world order? It all seems very vague to me. When I start hearing those terms, I start imagining some kind of 1984-esque, soulless, desolate society, of dependence on government, with Big Brother as the totalitarian leader, I guess.
Similar: 1984-ish, Orwellesque, Orwellian

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@misc{1984_esque_2026,
  title = {1984-esque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/1984-esque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}