Associations to the word «Orwellian»

Wiktionary

ORWELLIAN, adjective. Resembling the totalitarian political methods decried in the works of British democratic socialist and writer George Orwell, particularly in the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; characterized by use of misleading terminology, propaganda, censorship, totalitarianism, surveillance and repression.

Dictionary definition

ORWELLIAN, adjective. Of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state).

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn