Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telescreen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: tele-screen
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A screen for broadcasting television or similar media, especially one that shows propaganda and records or spies on the user.

Example Sentences

"Too many millions of people, watching their telescreens, had seen his unpardonable arrogance."
"She pushed buttons at a new, small oval kind of telescreen, quickly gathering together the high-level authorizations it had taken hours of preparation to collect."

Etymology

From tele- + screen, from television. Popularized by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), in which they are used for government surveillance of citizens.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tele

Inflected Forms

telescreens (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

videoscreen vidscreen

Questions

What does telescreen mean?: A screen for broadcasting television or similar media, especially one that shows propaganda and records or spies on the user.
Where does telescreen come from?: From tele- + screen, from television. Popularized by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), in which they are used for government surveillance of citizens.

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