Definition of Orwellian

a dystopian, imperfect world under a supposedly perfect guise

Examples of Orwellian in a sentence

In an Orwellian society, a world that is supposed to be perfect is actually horrendous and corrupt.  

In 1984, the people lived under a supposed utopia, but the world is actually terrible and everyone’s life is awful.  

The Orwellian story had an advanced society with all sorts of amazing technologies, but their lives were ruled by a tyrannical dictator.  

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