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Oceanians

Oceanians is the plural of Oceanian.

Meaning of Oceanian

Noun

Oceanian (plural Oceanians)

  1. Someone from Oceania (geographical region or continent).
  2. (literary criticism) Someone from the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
    • In order to ensure that the Oceanians do get excited about Big Brother—displace, that is, eroticism from its natural object, another individual, to the State—the Party attempts in every way “to remove all pleasure from the sex act. . . . The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children...1986, Bernard Oldsey, Joseph Browne, editors, Critical Essays on George Orwell, G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 74

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Questions about Oceanians

What is Oceanians the plural of?
Oceanians is the plural of Oceanian.

Words near Oceanians in the dictionary

  1. Oceania
  2. Oceanian
  3. Oceanianism
  4. Oceanianist
  5. Oceanianists
  6. Oceanians
  7. oceanic
  8. oceanic abyss
  9. oceanic crust
  10. oceanic crusts
  11. oceanic dolphin

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