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1984ish

1984ish is the alternative form of 1984-ish.

Meaning of 1984-ish

Adjective

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

  1. (informal) Resembling or pertaining to a totalitarian society, especially one characterised by intensive surveillance of the population.
    • I have no idea what this 1984-ish-sounding organization actually does, though I suspect it has something to do with industrial processes.2000, G. R. Evans, Martyn Percy, Managing the Church?: Order and Organization in a Secular Age, page 128

Forms of 1984ish

comparativemore 1984ish
superlativemost 1984ish

Questions about 1984ish

What is 1984ish the alternative form of?
1984ish is the alternative form of 1984-ish.

Words near 1984ish in the dictionary

  1. 1980s
  2. 1984
  3. 1984-esque
  4. 1984-ish
  5. 1984esque
  6. 1984ish
  7. 1986 Act tenancies
  8. 1986 Act tenancy
  9. 1990's
  10. 1990s
  11. 1992

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