1984-esque

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 1984 +‎ -esque.

Adjective[edit]

1984-esque (comparative more 1984-esque, superlative most 1984-esque)

  1. Resembling or pertaining to a society with a pronounced amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.
    Synonym: Orwellian
    • 2020, Robert Sneider, American Lynchpin‎[1], Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
      What is this globalism anyway? This new world order? This one world order? It all seems very vague to me. When I start hearing those terms, I start imagining some kind of 1984-esque, soulless, desolate society, of dependence on government, with Big Brother as the totalitarian leader, I guess.
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