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

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle