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1984-esque
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1984esque
English
Alternative forms
en 1984esque
Etymology
From en 1984 esque. en 1984-ish.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-1984-esque.wav GA
Adjective
1984-esque
Resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.
en 1984-ish Orwellesque Orwellian
en https://books.google.com/books?id=vSPMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT145&dq=%221984-esque%22 American Lynchpin Robert Sneider w:Trafford Publishing 9781490799315 2020 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.
en compound adjectives terms derived from Nineteen Eighty-Four