Orwellian
/ɔɹˈwɛli.ən/ adjective C2- 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.
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