telescreen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of telescreen
First recorded in 1940–45; tele(vision) + screen
Example Sentences
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The Echo Show, a smart assistant with a screen and camera, was widely compared to the telescreen when it was introduced two years ago.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2019
Your apartment is outfitted with a telescreen where you are observed at all times.
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2017
Orwell's telescreen is part of our accepted digital furniture now, it seems, and Big Brother is regarded as a gentle protector rather than an iron-fisted tormentor even as sales of Nineteen Eighty-Four skyrocket on Amazon.
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2013
In the Russian's novel the characters live in glass houses where state agents can watch them; in 1984 they are spied on by "telescreen."
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind Winston’s back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away about pig iron and the overfulfillment of the Ninth Three-Year Plan.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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