"Nineteen Eighty-Four" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: After Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell, set in the year 1984. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} Nineteen Eighty-Four (uncountable)
  1. A society characterized by rigid government control enforced through propaganda and intensive surveillance. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of government
    Sense id: en-Nineteen_Eighty-Four-en-noun-tZDceKSu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2008, Ilan Kapoor, The Postcolonial Politics of Development, page 69:",
          "text": "I cannot help but follow such panopticism to its ultimate conclusion: a Nineteen Eighty-Four scenario.",
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          "ref": "1999, Gail Fine, Plato Two: Ethics, Politics, Religion, and the Soul, page 265:",
          "text": "The term 'nuclear family' may be found dislikable, but it is useful in avoiding the suggestion that Plato wants to abolish the family in favour of impersonal institutions of a Nineteen Eighty-Four type.",
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          "ref": "1970, William Johnston, The still point: reflections on Zen and Christian mysticism, page 171:",
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