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Orwellian
[ awr-wel-ee-uhn ]
adjective
- of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of Orwellian1
Example Sentences
Beers, who was surprised by the win, said the world “seems to become slightly more Orwellian with each passing day.â€
As adjectives go, “Orwellian†tends to be prematurely invoked — and hyperbolically, if often in good faith.
Boyer said it speaks to a kind of “Orwellian absurdity†that “these words can only have one meaning, and it’s the meaning that they would like to politicize.â€
In Trump’s trademark Orwellian spin, his executive order weaponizing the DOJ was titled, “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government.â€
In a matter of hours, an American strongman had achieved the long-held dream of the far right, to toss the wave of liberations of the Long Sixties down an Orwellian memory hole … .
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