Orwellesque

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of Orwellian.

    "Their composite picture of the socialist state was distinctly Orwellesque: A system of slavery and of servitude..."

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orwellian1984-esque1984-ishdraconian

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"Their composite picture of the socialist state was distinctly Orwellesque: A system of slavery and of servitude..."

Etymology

From Orwell + -esque.

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