telescreen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of telescreen
First recorded in 1940–45; tele(vision) + screen
Example Sentences
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It gripped him long before he came up with Big Brother, Oceania, newspeak or the telescreen, and it’s more important than any of them.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2019
Your apartment is outfitted with a telescreen where you are observed at all times.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2017
The all-seeing telescreen in the corner of the room is an important device for allowing the state to exercise control, but Orwell's real concern is about far more insidious threats to liberty.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2013
The ancient cabbages that are rolled across the telescreen every night are Hollywood's curse on the upstart industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Already an excited voice was gabbling from the telescreen, but even as it started it was almost drowned by a roar of cheering from outside.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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