Orwellian
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Orwellian
- /ɔɹˈwɛli.ən/ US
- /ɔːˈwɛli.ən/ UK
adjective more Orwellian · most Orwellian
- Resembling the totalitarian political methods decried in the works of writer George Orwell, particularly in the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; characterized by use of misleading terminology, propaganda, censorship, surveillance and repression. “But they soon find out that an enforced equality, without free individualism to temper it, becomes an Orwellian nightmare-version of the workers' paradise, in which ‘all are equal, but some are more equal than others.’”
- Resembling, or having to do with, George Orwell, and especially his novel 1984.
Similar: 1984-esque, 1984-ish, Orwellesque
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Similar: 1984-esque, 1984-ish, Orwellesque
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adj of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels
| Español | orwelliano |
|---|---|
| Português | orwelliano |
| Français | orwellien |
| Italiano | orwelliano |
| Ελληνικά | οργουελικός orgouelikós |
| Русский | оруэлловский oruellovskij, о́руэлльский óruellʹskij |
| العربية | أَرْوَلِيّ ʔarwaliyy |
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