orwellian

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective orwellian has 1 sense

orwellian(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state);

Derived form noun

orwell₁

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

orwellian, adj. of or characteristic of the writings of George Orwell (E. A. Blair), English writer d. 1950, esp. with reference to the totalitarian development of the State as depicted in 1984 and Animal Farm.