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Orwellesque

Orwellesque adjective: synonym of Orwellian.

Adjective

Orwellesque (comparative more Orwellesque, superlative most Orwellesque)

  1. Synonym of Orwellian.
    • Their composite picture of the socialist state was distinctly Orwellesque: A system of slavery and of servitude...1994, Morris Slavin, Boris Blick, Louis Patsouras, Rebels against the old order: essays in honor of Morris Slavin
    • You may remember Brazil, Terry Gilliam's Orwellesque parable that only major amounts of protest saved from permanent butchery by the studio.2007, Royal S. Brown, Film Musings: A Selected Anthology from Fanfare Magazine, page 134
    Synonyms:
    Orwellian, draconian

Synonyms of Orwellesque

Forms of Orwellesque

comparativemore Orwellesque
superlativemost Orwellesque

Origin of Orwellesque

From Orwell + -esque.

Questions about Orwellesque

What does Orwellesque mean?
Orwellesque means synonym of Orwellian.
What part of speech is Orwellesque?
Orwellesque is an adjective.

Words near Orwellesque in the dictionary

  1. Orville
  2. Orvin
  3. Orvis
  4. ORW
  5. Orwell
  6. Orwellesque
  7. Orwellian
  8. Orwellianism
  9. Orwellianisms
  10. Orwellianistic
  11. Orwellianly

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