Orwellian

//ɔɹˈwɛli.ən//

Synonyms for "orwellian" (4 found)

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Translations

21 translations across 19 languages.

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Arabic

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  • أَرْوَلِيٌّ adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Catalan

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  • orwel·lià adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Czech

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  • orwellovský adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Danish

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  • orwellsk adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Dutch

2 entries
  • Orwelliaans adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)
  • orwelliaans adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Finnish

1 entries
  • orwellilainen adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

French

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  • orwellien adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Greek

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  • οργουελικός adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Italian

1 entries
  • orwelliano adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • orwellsk adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • orwellsk adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Occitan

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  • orwellian adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Persian

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  • اورولی adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Polish

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  • orwellowski adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • orwelliano adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Russian

2 entries
  • о́руэлльский adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)
  • оруэлловский adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Spanish

1 entries
  • orwelliano adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Swedish

1 entries
  • orwellsk adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Orwellyen adj (of or relating to Orwell, especially his dystopian novels)

Sample sentences

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“But they soon find out that an enforced equality, without free individualism to temper it, becomes an Orwellian nightmare-version of the workers' paradise, in which ‘all are equal, but some are more equal than others.’”

Source: wiktionary

“The Orwellian slogan that ‘War is Peace’ was, consciously or unconsciously, from the beginning adopted by both conflicting groups within the U.N.”

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Largely invisible much of the year, China’s non-Communist parties are thrust to the fore each March for a display of what the official news media calls China’s system of “multiparty cooperation and political consultation.” The news conference, held in a gilded meeting room in the Great Hall of the People, is an Orwellian affair, with party leaders referring to the wonders of “democratic centralization,” heaping praise on the Communist Party and then answering fawning questions from the state media.

Source: wiktionary

In this metropolis that had a prewar population of almost a million, but where the city center now feels like an Orwellian ghost town of propaganda posters and armed patrols, perhaps no one feels more alone than those who still harbor pro-Ukrainian sentiments.

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