Orwellesque

Definitions

Synonym of Orwellian.

Examples

“Their composite picture of the socialist state was distinctly Orwellesque: A system of slavery and of servitude...”

“You may remember⟳ Brazil, Terry Gilliam's Orwellesque parable that only major amounts of protest⟳ saved from permanent butchery by the studio.”

“The world is increasingly becoming a Single Central Europe with its Kafkaesque anonymity, Musilesque human-traits-free individuality, or the divided individual without individuality and indivisibility, Orwellesque Newspeak and total control⟳, if not manufacturing, of history.”

“When a faculty member mentioned this trend openly, the dean of the School of Education had exclaimed in an Orwellesque manner, “Don't use⟳ that phrase! Say⟳ rather that we are extending the opportunity.””

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