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Orwellian
[ awr-wel-ee-uhn ]
adjective
- of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Orwellian1
1945–50; after G. Orwell ( def ) + -ian
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Example Sentences
The ghost of George Orwell may be conjured too readily and too often, these days, but this truly is Orwellian.
From The Daily Beast
Orwellian, Malthusian, barbarous, depraved…I think you get me.
From The Daily Beast
There has been an almost Orwellian artfulness in the way need-blind admissions policies are sold.
From The Daily Beast
But while another bureaucracy may not be the answer (even the name sounds Orwellian), oversight is clearly needed.
From The Daily Beast
Venezuelans are accustomed to their government using Orwellian language.
From The Daily Beast
No one called them “attractions” anymore—all that old Orwellian Disneyspeak had been abolished.
From Project Gutenberg
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