George Orwell Word Search
George Orwell, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the life, work, and legacy of a famous figure sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: ANIMALFARM, DYSTOPIA, NEWSPEAK, DOUBLETHINK, IGUESS, BIGBROTHER, ORWELLIAN, TELESCREEN, MINISTRYOFTRUTH, PROLES, GOLDCSTEIN, EMINENCEFRONT.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
George Orwell word list, defined
- DYSTOPIA /dɪˈstoʊpiə/ · noun
- An imagined state or society in which conditions are extremely bad, typically characterized by oppression, misery, or environmental ruin; the opposite of a utopia. Related: anti-utopia, hell on earth, nightmare world, totalitarian state.
- NEWSPEAK /ˈnuːspeek/ · noun
- Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell's novel '1984', designed to limit the range of thought and expression. It is a simplified and controlled language intended to make independent thought and intellectual exploration difficult. Related: doublethink, thoughtcrime, big brother.
- DOUBLETHINK /ˈdʌbəlθɪŋk/ · noun
- The act of simultaneously accepting two contradictory beliefs or ideas as correct, typically without noticing the conflict. The term was coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and is now used more broadly for any self-deceptive mental accommodation of contradiction. Related: self-deception, cognitive dissonance, contradiction, inconsistency.
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