orwellian in English

adjective

pertaining to George Orwell; in the style of Orwell (especially mimicking the totalitarian rule in Orwell's novel "1984")

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1. 5 But this was Orwellian doublethink.

2. Who else is gonna call it Orwellian?

3. And this is why "authoritarian" alone does not "Orwellian" make.

4. But I think that's an Orwellian way of describing black holes.

5. Now reading: The Left is Orwellian, But Not Because of Twitter Banishments

6. Julieta Cervantes/DKC/O&M via AP The Left is Orwellian, But Not Because of Twitter Banishments

7. All of this is being done by worriedly smiling people sincerely under the impression that the national reckoning about race requires enshrining this Orwellian Bizarrerie.

8. 11 Walker's critics are amusingly Orwellian. They liken the crowd in Madison to the ones in Tunisia and claim to be fighting for democracy.

9. Without law and order, society would quickly devolve into a state of Animalism Recent Examples on the Web The Seven Commandments (Revised) of Orwellian Animalism: This article has been …

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