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Orwellian adj 🔊

Of or relating to the English writer George Orwell, or (especially) his ideas and writings (particularly his 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four).
(politics, specifically) Resembling the totalitarian political methods criticized in Orwell's works, particularly in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, which are characterized by the use of censorship, misleading terminology, propaganda, repression, and surveillance.

Orwellian n

One who admires the ideas and writings of the English writer George Orwell.

☞ Banned Books Week, organized by the American Library Association to celebrate the freedom to read and to draw attention to banned and challenged books, is held in 2026 from October 4 to 10.

Illustration for Orwellian 1

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Illustration for Orwellian 2

Yakov Guminer - Arithmetic of a counter-plan poster (1931).jpg

The English writer George Orwell at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) in 1940.

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