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Meaning of Orwellian in English

Orwellian
adjective
  disapproving
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/ɔːrˈwel.i.ən/ uk
/ɔːˈwel.i.ən/
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used to describe a political system in which the government tries to control every part of people's lives, similar to that described in the novel "Nineteen Eighty Four ,"by George Orwell:
We don't want to see a 1984 Orwellian type situation where neighbors are reporting on neighbors.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
（喬治 · 奧威爾的小說《1984》中所描述的）政府試圖控制人們生活的每一部分的…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（乔治 · 奥威尔的小说《1984》中所描述的）政府试图控制人们生活的每一部分的…
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