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Animal Farm

American  

noun

  1. a political satire (1945) by George Orwell.


Animal Farm Cultural  
  1. (1945) A novel of satire by George Orwell. Animals take over a farm to escape human tyranny, but the pigs treat the other animals worse than the people did. A famous quotation from the book is “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”


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This Animal Farm does indeed put certain aspects of the book through a proverbial combine harvester.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Serkis is certain that George Orwell himself would not have consigned this Animal Farm to Room 101.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Two translators for the Korean YouTube channel SBS Animal Farm explain how they write subtitles for an English-language audience.

From Slate ● May 14, 2023

In the process, McKibben leaves out from his apt comparison the unfortunate re-establishment of a totalitarian regime that occurred inside Animal Farm after the revolution.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

When time passed and the animals had evidently not starved to death, Frederick and Pilkmgton changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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