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单词 Orwellian
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Definition of Orwellian in English:

Orwellian

adjective ɔːˈwɛlɪənɔrˈwɛliən
  • Characteristic of the writings of George Orwell, especially with reference to his dystopian account of a future totalitarian state in Nineteen Eighty-Four.

    a frightening view of an Orwellian future
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, besides being far too Orwellian, such a scheme would be a monster to control.
    • Has the country gone crazy and turned into an Orwellian nightmare of big brother with added national socialism and publicly supported witch hunts?
    • The Japanese anime director, Mamoru Oshii, uses a Polish cast to convey the alienation of his Orwellian vision.
    • Certainly, we'll see some Orwellian legislation enacted, but once sanity returns, it'll be something else.
    • They also documented the expanding threat of coercive governance as a critique of this Orwellian age.
    • But unless you have no objections to Orwellian doublespeak, you must recognize that this is a robbery gone wrong.
    • They have concealed their radical agenda from the American public using Orwellian rhetoric.
    • That you praise a doctored photo as being more truthful than words strikes me as particularly ironic, if not Orwellian.
    • Some content providers seem to have ambitions that are more appropriate for some Orwellian dystopia.
    • The USA Patriot Act is a giant step toward that Orwellian world awaiting us in the future.

Rhymes

Chellean, Machiavellian, Sabellian, Trevelyan, triskelion
 
 

Definition of Orwellian in US English:

Orwellian

adjectiveɔrˈwɛliənôrˈwelēən
  • Characteristic of the writings of George Orwell, especially with reference to his dystopian account of a future totalitarian state in Nineteen Eighty-Four.

    a frightening view of an Orwellian future
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Has the country gone crazy and turned into an Orwellian nightmare of big brother with added national socialism and publicly supported witch hunts?
    • Some content providers seem to have ambitions that are more appropriate for some Orwellian dystopia.
    • However, besides being far too Orwellian, such a scheme would be a monster to control.
    • But unless you have no objections to Orwellian doublespeak, you must recognize that this is a robbery gone wrong.
    • The USA Patriot Act is a giant step toward that Orwellian world awaiting us in the future.
    • The Japanese anime director, Mamoru Oshii, uses a Polish cast to convey the alienation of his Orwellian vision.
    • They also documented the expanding threat of coercive governance as a critique of this Orwellian age.
    • That you praise a doctored photo as being more truthful than words strikes me as particularly ironic, if not Orwellian.
    • Certainly, we'll see some Orwellian legislation enacted, but once sanity returns, it'll be something else.
    • They have concealed their radical agenda from the American public using Orwellian rhetoric.
 
 
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