ORWELLIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orwellian mean? 

• ORWELLIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ORWELLIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)

  Familiarity information: ORWELLIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORWELLIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Orwell (imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950))

Derivation:

Orwell (imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950))