1984-esque

English

Etymology

From 1984 +‎ -esque.

Adjective

1984-esque (comparative more 1984-esque, superlative most 1984-esque)

1. Resembling or pertaining to a society with a pronounced amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.

   Synonym: Orwellian

   • 2020, Robert Sneider, American Lynchpin‎^[1], Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

     What is this globalism anyway? This new world order? This one world order? It all seems very vague to me. When I start hearing those terms, I start imagining some kind of 1984-esque, soulless, desolate society, of dependence on government, with Big Brother as the totalitarian leader, I guess.