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Complete Definition of "Orwellian"

English

Adjective
Orwellian

  1. Pertaining to or resembling the works of w:George Orwell|George Orwell, especially in reference to the dystopia in w:Nineteen Eighty-Four|Nineteen Eighty-Four
  2. Frightening and overcontrolled by a government that interferes in nearly every aspect of personal life

Quotations
1954 The Orwellian slogan that "War is Peace" was, consciously or unconsciously, from the beginning adopted by both conflicting groups within the U.N. - Sisley Huddleston - Popular Diplomacy and War

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