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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