Meanings
comparative more 1984-esque · superlative most 1984-esque · alternative 1984esque
- Resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.
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.
2020, Robert Sneider, American Lynchpin, Trafford Publishing, →ISBNSynonyms: 1984-ish, Orwellesque, Orwellian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.
Origin
From 1984 + -esque. Piecewise doublet of 1984-ish.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
1984-esque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/1984-esque
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