orwellian

1. 1.

   of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)

Questions about orwellian

What does orwellian mean?

orwellian means "of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)".

How many syllables are in orwellian?

orwellian has 4 syllables: or-wel-li-an. The stress falls on "wel". In IPA it is /ˌɔɹˈwɛliən/.

Is orwellian a common word?

orwellian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.