1984-ish

//ˌnʌɪntiːneɪtiˈfɔːɹɪʃ//

"1984-ish" in a Sentence (4 examples)

I have no idea what this 1984-ish-sounding organization actually does, though I suspect it has something to do with industrial processes.

The poems were then posted on a Library of Congress website, and high school principals were encouraged in the slightly 1984-ish task of reading them over their loud speakers each morning at the beginning of the school day.

A truly 1984-ish paradox. What had gone down the memory hole?

All these technologies sound a bit ominous and 1984-ish when taken out of context.

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