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Orwellesque

adj

Etymology

From Orwell + -esque.

  1. inherited from Orewelle
  2. suffixed as orwellesque — “Orwell + esque”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Orwellian.

    • Their composite picture of the socialist state was distinctly Orwellesque: A system of slavery and of servitude...
    • You may remember Brazil, Terry Gilliam's Orwellesque parable that only major amounts of protest saved from permanent butchery by the studio.

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