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Orwell

[ awr-wel, -wuhl ]

noun

  1. George Eric Arthur Blair, 1903–50, English novelist and essayist.


Orwell

/ ˈɔːwəl; ɔːˈwɛlɪən; -wɛl /

noun

  1. OrwellGeorge19031950MEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: essayist George, real name Eric Arthur Blair. 1903–50, English novelist and essayist, born in India. He is notable for his social criticism, as in The Road to Wigan Pier (1932); his account of his experiences of the Spanish Civil War Homage to Catalonia (1938); and his satirical novels Animal Farm (1945), an allegory on the Russian Revolution, and 1984 (1949), in which he depicts an authoritarian state of the future
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Orwellian, adjective
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Example Sentences

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It doesn’t, of course, because Trump’s commitment to “free speech” has long been fraudulent doublespeak, to borrow once more from Orwell, even as the media frequently indulges that framing.

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Thanks to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a name George Orwell would have been proud to dream up, the country now finds itself mired in a legal morass that could last years.

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There is good reason why George Orwell coined the phrase "memory hole" in "1984."

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Thinkers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt addressed this question decades ago, noting that the erosion of privacy is a hallmark of exploitative systems — such as plantation slavery, totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany and patriarchy.

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Garfield is recognized alongside several actors, including Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott and Tom Hardy, for lending their talents to Audible’s original adaptation “George Orwell’s 1984.”

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