Orwellian

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What "Orwellian" really means - Noah Tavlin, 5:31, TED Ed[1]

"Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson"—a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practised by modern repressive governments. Often, this includes the circumstances depicted in his novels, particularly Nineteen Eighty-Four[2] but political doublespeak is criticized throughout his work, such as in Politics and the English Language.[3]

The New York Times said the term was "the most widely used adjective derived from the name of a modern writer".[4][5]

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References

  1. ↑ "What "Orwellian" really means - Noah Tavlin". TED Ed. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Drabble, Margaret (2000). The Oxford Companion to English Literature (Sixth ed.). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 726. ISBN 0-19-861453-5.
  3. ↑ Traub, James (January 5, 2016). "The Empty Threat of 'Boots on the Ground'". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Nunberg, Geoffrey (2003-06-22). "Simpler Terms; If It's 'Orwellian,' It's Probably Not". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  5. ↑ Jordison, Sam (2014-11-11). "Do you really know what 'Orwellian' means?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
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