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Orwellian

/ɔːˈweliən/adjective

उच्चारण ऑर्वेलिअन

ऑरवेलियन, (सरकार द्वारा) सर्वसत्तावादी नियंत्रण और निगरानी वाला

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adjective
  1. 1

    disapproving

    used to describe a political system in which a government tries to control every part of people's lives, watches them all the time and controls the information they receive, as in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four

    ऑरवेलियन, (सरकार द्वारा) सर्वसत्तावादी नियंत्रण और निगरानी वाला

    • Critics called the new surveillance law Orwellian.
    • an Orwellian world in which every phone call is recorded

    Synonyms totalitarian authoritarian dictatorial

    Opposite free democratic liberal

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⌂Word origin and word building

From the English writer George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm.

यह शब्द English लेखक George Orwell के नाम से बना है, जिन्होंने Nineteen Eighty-Four और Animal Farm लिखीं।

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General knowledge

The phrase Big Brother, meaning a government that watches everyone, comes from Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Big Brother वाक्यांश, जिसका अर्थ हर किसी पर नज़र रखने वाली सरकार है, Nineteen Eighty-Four से आया है।