Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

1984-ish

/ˌnʌɪntiːneɪtiˈfɔːɹɪʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: 1984-ish
IPA: /ˌnʌɪntiːneɪtiˈfɔːɹɪʃ/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or pertaining to a totalitarian society, especially one characterised by intensive surveillance of the population.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I have no idea what this 1984-ish-sounding organization actually does, though I suspect it has something to do with industrial processes."
"The poems were then posted on a Library of Congress website, and high school principals were encouraged in the slightly 1984-ish task of reading them over their loud speakers each morning at the beginning of the school day."
"A truly 1984-ish paradox. What had gone down the memory hole?"
"All these technologies sound a bit ominous and 1984-ish when taken out of context."

Etymology

From 1984 + -ish, a reference to the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Piecewise doublet of 1984-esque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: 1984

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌnʌɪntiːneɪtiˈfɔːɹɪʃ/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more 1984-ish (comparative) most 1984-ish (superlative) 1984ish (alternative)

Synonyms

1984-esque Orwellesque Orwellian

Questions

How do you pronounce 1984-ish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnʌɪntiːneɪtiˈfɔːɹɪʃ/.
What does 1984-ish mean?: Resembling or pertaining to a totalitarian society, especially one characterised by intensive surveillance of the population.
Where does 1984-ish come from?: From 1984 + -ish, a reference to the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Piecewise doublet of 1984-esque.

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