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Definition Orwellian in British English

Orwellian adjective

adjective
/ɔːrˈweliən/

From the novels of George Orwell, a 20th-century British writer, especially his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

1

relating to a political system in which the government controls every aspect of people's lives

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Definition Orwellian in British English