Etymology From +.Pronunciation. ( ) : /ɔɹˈwɛli.ən/.
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( ) : /ɔːˈwɛli.ən/Adjective Orwellian ( Orwellian, Orwellian). Resembling the totalitarian political methods decried in the works of, particularly in the novel; characterized by use of misleading,. 1950. 1950, Peter Viereck, Public Affairs volume 13, p. 22, published by the Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University (later republished in 1953 in Shame and Glory of the Intellectuals: Babbitt Jr. The Rediscovery of Values by the Beacon Press p. 204)“But they soon find out that an enforced equality, without free individualism to temper it, becomes an Orwellian nightmare-version of the workers' paradise, in which ‘all are equal, but some are more equal than others.’”.
Students for an Orwellian Society (SOS) is a nationwide student group. Although SOS has always been a nationwide student group, there is evidence to suggest that it first appeared at Columbia University. The word 'Orwellian' gets thrown around a lot by people who possess a murky idea of what it actually means. Jason Slotkin, for The Atlantic, explains why. The NCTE presents the Doublespeak Award each year to the person or group of people who manipulate language in the most sinister way. Here is a list of past winners.
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