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1984, n.
Brit. |ˌnʌɪntiːnˌeɪtɪˈfɔː|, U.S. |ˌnaɪnˌtinˌeɪdiˈfɔ(ə)r|
Forms: 19– nineteen eighty-four, 19– 1984
[‹ Nineteen Eighty-Four, the title of a novel written in 1949 by the English author ‘George Orwell’ (see Orwellian adj. and n.), which gives a dystopian depiction of a future totalitarian state. Usually written with numerical symbol.]
A totalitarian society in which propaganda and intensive surveillance techniques are used to subjugate the population. Hence allusively: a society in which personal freedom is (thought to be) similarly curtailed or controlled.
1956Times 13 July 9/2 People feared that the new machines would further enslave them, and that skilled workers would sink into the proletariat. Nineteen eighty-four loomed ominously. 1961L. Mumford City in Hist. xvii. 527 Whether they extrapolate 1960 or anticipate 2060 their goal is actually ‘1984’. 1970Time 16 Nov. 14 The political uses of television advertising and packaging of candidates were heralded..as the ominous forerunner of 1984. 1990Lancet 29 Sept. 781/1 As he proceeds down his path into the uncertain 1990s, Mr. Clarke's approach befits 1984. 2002N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 28 July We don't want to see a ‘1984’ Orwellian-type situation here where neighbors are reporting on neighbors.
Derivatives. 1984-ish adj. Brit. |ˌnʌɪntiːnˌeɪtɪˈfɔːrɪʃ|, U.S. |ˌnaɪntinˌeɪdiˈfɔ(ə)rɪʃ| evoking or resembling such a society.
1959Times 27 Jan. 9/4 What ominous message was ‘C.O.P.’ meant to convey?.. They were our old friend ‘close of play’... It did not seem so friendly in this *nineteen-eightyfourish disguise... The three stark capitals had a kind of Big Brother look. 2000Punch 13 Dec. 31 What develops..is a 1984-ish surreal world in turmoil. |