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Orwellian

[ awr-wel-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Orwellian1

1945–50; after G. Orwell ( def ) + -ian
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Example Sentences

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Beers, who was surprised by the win, said the world “seems to become slightly more Orwellian with each passing day.”

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As adjectives go, “Orwellian” tends to be prematurely invoked — and hyperbolically, if often in good faith.

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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.”

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In Trump’s trademark Orwellian spin, his executive order weaponizing the DOJ was titled, “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government.”

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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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