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1984-esque

1984-esque adjective: resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.

Adjective

1984-esque (comparative more 1984-esque, superlative most 1984-esque)

  1. Resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.
    • What is this globalism anyway? This new world order? This one world order? It all seems very vague to me. When I start hearing those terms, I start imagining some kind of 1984-esque, soulless, desolate society, of dependence on government, with Big Brother as the totalitarian leader, I guess.2020, Robert Sneider, American Lynchpin, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN

Synonyms of 1984-esque

Forms of 1984-esque

comparativemore 1984-esque
superlativemost 1984-esque
alternative form1984esque

Origin of 1984-esque

From 1984 + -esque. Piecewise doublet of 1984-ish.

Questions about 1984-esque

What does 1984-esque mean?
1984-esque means resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.
What part of speech is 1984-esque?
1984-esque is an adjective.

Words near 1984-esque in the dictionary

  1. 1970s
  2. 1980
  3. 1980's
  4. 1980s
  5. 1984
  6. 1984-esque
  7. 1984-ish
  8. 1984esque
  9. 1984ish
  10. 1986 Act tenancies
  11. 1986 Act tenancy

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