telescreen

[tel-uh-skreen]

noun

a television screen, especially a large one suitable for viewing by large numbers of people.

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Origin of telescreen

First recorded in 1940–45; tele(vision) + screen

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

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Contemporary Examples of telescreen

Probably because it took another 10 years before everyone was online with the “telescreen,” which watches you as you watch it.
P.J. O’Rourke: Orwell Was Right
P. J. O’Rourke
March 28, 2014

Historical Examples of telescreen

The telescreen in the control room of old Alpha was yet dark.
Perfect Control
Richard Stockham
He started to mention it to Koa just as the telescreen lit up.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
Harold Leland Goodwin
A telescreen furnished entertainment when he pushed another button.
Thy Name Is Woman
Bryce Walton
Cigarette in hand he sank into a heavy chair, touched a button on the arm, then sat back to watch the telescreen.
The Black Tide
Arthur G. Stangland
As the car rose, he reached out and turned on and adjusted the telescreen for the under-view.
The Cosmic Computer
Henry Beam Piper