Orwellesque

English Etymology From en Orwell esque. Adjective en Orwellian. en 1994 Rebels against the old order: essays in honor of Morris Slavin Morris Slavin; Boris Blick; Louis Patsouras Their composite picture of the socialist state was distinctly Orwellesque: A system of slavery and of servitude... en 2007 Film Musings: A Selected Anthology from Fanfare Magazine Royal S. Brown 134 You may remember Brazil, Terry Gilliam's Orwellesque parable that only major amounts of protest saved from permanent butchery by the studio. en 2011 Modernity in Crisis: A Dialogue on the Culture of Belonging L. Donskis The world is increasingly becoming a Single Central Europe with its Kafkaesque anonymity, Musilesque human-traits-free individuality, or the divided individual without individuality and indivisibility, Orwellesque Newspeak and total control, if not manufacturing, of history. en 2015 Russell Kirk: American Conservative Bradley J. Birzer When a faculty member mentioned this trend openly, the dean of the School of Education had exclaimed in an Orwellesque manner, “Don't use that phrase! Say rather that we are extending the opportunity.” Synonyms en draconian en Orwellian en eponyms en Politics Utopian and dystopian fiction