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orwellianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-wellian-ism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Orwellian systems or methods generally; totalitarian propaganda, surveillance, repression, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Orwellian + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Orwellianisms (plural) Orwellism (alternative)

Questions

What does orwellianism mean?
Orwellian systems or methods generally; totalitarian propaganda, surveillance, repression, etc.
Where does orwellianism come from?
From Orwellian + -ism.

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