1984esque

See also: 1984-esque

English

Adjective

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

Alternative form of 1984-esque.
- 1994 May 26, turn...@ucbeh.san.uc.edu, “Life with Ted”, in alt.college.fraternities‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2025-02-28:
  I have borne the brunt of many many Ted vendettas, I even used to keep copies of all the nasty e-mail he sent me, all the vitriolic 1984esque editing he did of my posts until I got tired of the whole exercise.
- 1994 September 26, Andrea Nolan, “Earth Notes”, in Rachael S. Fink, editor, The Washington College Elm, volume 66, number 4, Chestertown, Md.: Washington College, →OCLC, page 6, column 4:
  Silence is something that is missing, and we should try to restore it. Beyond 1984esque litigation imposing restricted air space and noise ordinances, the quest for silence is deeply personal.
- 1995 March 6, Ja...@int001.ati-unicam.co.uk, “OK - Newbie [Q] From non-newbie”, in alt.cyberpunk‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2025-02-28:
  IMHO, try: […] ON ZANZIBAR (and others) - John Brunner (1984esque subversion)
- 1996 January 14, Phillip A. Erwin, “Review of movies BLEU BLANC ROUGE (Blue White Red) *CLONING*”, in alt.sci.physics.plutonium‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2025-02-28:
  These would not be advanced humans but instead robots. I suppose that the elite class _would_ have emotions and would live from the labor of these emotionless therefore thoughtless robots....very 1984esque, no?
- 1999, Brandweek, volume 40, numbers 1–8, New York, N.Y.: Adweek L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30:
  A series of spots painted the shoe, and the brand, as something that stands out in a conformist, me-too world, rendered in stark, haunting 1984esque imagery, with sterilizing scientists locking the sneaker away.
- 2011 December 30, Michael Merritt, “L’excursion”, in Close Your Eyes, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 54:
  ‘Didcot Parkway. This is Didcot Parkway.’ Well, I never! Is that where I am? The power station was a clue but now reinforced by the 1984esque voice of reason.
- 2019, Indana Simonde, I Am (Endnote), →ISBN, pages 35–36:
  The people watching the videos don’t require an image of 1984esque control of a paranoid dystopia as they only require that there is no crime to report.
- 2020 July, “What are some of the changes to sport we may see?”, in Sportsider, number 3, pages 26–27:
  One of the most 1984esque suggestions from our editorial team was that the various tracking apps that will spring into existence following the NHS app, will eventually synchronise with the likes of Facebook and with booking applications for public functions like sports.