orwellian
IPA: ɔrwˈɛɫiʌn
Root Word: Orwellian
adjective
- Resembling the totalitarian political methods decried in the works of writer George Orwell, particularly in the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; characterized by use of misleading terminology, propaganda, censorship, surveillance and repression.
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Examples of "orwellian" in Sentences
- It's an Orwellian naming scheme.
- Orwellian deletionist conformism.
- That pretty Orwellian of you to say.
- The orwellian languange notwithstanding.
- This would be a rather Orwellian effort.
- And no one wants an orwellian definition.
- It's paranoid and Orwellian to say the least.
- That was a classic case of Orwellian deletion.
- Orwellian or not, that's the term that is used.
- Dystopia is inspired by a bleak Orwellian vision of the future.
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