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.