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
Winston Smith, the pathetic hero, wakes in the morning to compulsory gymnastics directed by a virago who can see him from a two-way "telescreen" which takes pictures as well as projects them.*
From Time Magazine Archive
The pain of sitting on the narrow bench was such that often he got up and walked about, unreproved by the telescreen.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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