Orwellian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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.
Resembling, or having to do with, George Orwell, and especially his novel 1984.

Pronunciation

/ɔɹˈwɛli.ən/ /ɔːˈwɛli.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Orwellian.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Orwellian.wav

Word forms

Orwellian more Orwellian most Orwellian

Etymology

From Orwell + -ian.

Synonyms

1984-esque 1984-ish Orwellesque

Related words

Big Brother Dickensian doublethink dystopian Kafkaesque Newspeak totalitarian

Derived words

Orwellianism Orwellianly

Translations

Arabic: أَرْوَلِيٌّ Catalan: orwel·lià Czech: orwellovský Danish: orwellsk Dutch: Orwelliaans Finnish: orwellilainen French: orwellien Greek: οργουελικός Italian: orwelliano Norwegian Bokmål: orwellsk Norwegian Nynorsk: orwellsk Occitan: orwellian Persian: اورولی Polish: orwellowski Portuguese: orwelliano Russian: оруэлловский Russian: о́руэлльский Spanish: orwelliano Swedish: orwellsk Turkish: Orwellyen

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