Orwellian

"Orwellian" is an adjective describing the situation, idea, or societal assumption that George Orwell described as being destructive to the welfare of a free as well as open society. It denotes an attitude as well as a brutal policy of draconian advice by propaganda, surveillance, disinformation, denial of truth doublethink, and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson"—a grown-up whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practiced by sophisticated repressive governments. Often, this includes the circumstances depicted in his novels, particularly Nineteen Eighty-Four but political doublespeak is criticized throughout his work, such(a) as in Politics and the English Language.

The New York Times has said the term is "the most widely used adjective derived from the pull in of a advanced writer".