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PRONUNCIATION OF TELESCREEN

telescreen  [ˈtɛlɪˌskriːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELESCREEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Telescreen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TELESCREEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Telescreen

Telescreens are fictional devices which operate as both televisions and security cameras. They feature in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four as well as all film adaptations of the novel. In the novel and its adaptations, telescreens are used by the ruling Party in Oceania to keep its subjects under constant surveillance, thus eliminating the chance of secret conspiracies against Oceania. All members of the Inner Party and Outer Party have telescreens in their homes, but the proles are not typically monitored as they are unimportant to the Party. As later explained in Emmanuel Goldstein's book of which Smith reads some excerpts, the Party does not feel threatened by the Proles, assuming that they would never rebel on their own, and therefore does not find a need to monitor their daily lives. The character O'Brien claims that he, as a member of the Inner Party, can turn off his telescreen. While the programmes could no longer be seen or heard, the screen still functioned as a surveillance device, as after Winston is taken into the Ministry of Love, the audio of his meeting with O'Brien with the telescreen "off" is played back to Winston.

Definition of telescreen in the English dictionary

The definition of telescreen in the dictionary is a television screen.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELESCREEN


bescreen
bɪˈskriːn
choir-screen
ˈkwaɪəˌskriːn
flatscreen
ˈflætˌskriːn
flyscreen
ˈflaɪˌskriːn
meatscreen
ˈmiːtˌskriːn
multiscreen
ˈmʌltɪˌskriːn
off-screen
ˌɒfˈskriːn
on-screen
ˌɒnˈskriːn
paracrine
ˈpærəˌkriːn
prescreen
priːˈskriːn
rescreen
riːˈskriːn
screen
skriːn
scriene
skriːn
sightscreen
ˈsaɪtˌskriːn
silkscreen
ˈsɪlkskriːn
skreen
skriːn
sunscreen
ˈsʌnˌskriːn
superscreen
ˈsuːpərˌskriːn
widescreen
ˈwaɪdˌskriːn
windscreen
ˈwɪndˌskriːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELESCREEN

telescience
telescope
telescopic
telescopic damper
telescopic lens
telescopic sight
telescopic umbrella
telescopically
telescopiform
Telescopii
telescopist
Telescopium
telescopy
teleseme
teleservices
teleshop
teleshopping
telesis
telesm
telesmatic

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELESCREEN

big screen
blue screen
computer screen
display screen
fire screen
flat screen
green
plasma screen
radar screen
safety screen
shower screen
silent screen
silver screen
small screen
smoke screen
split screen
television screen
the screen
the silver screen
touch screen
video screen

Synonyms and antonyms of telescreen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «telescreen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TELESCREEN

Find out the translation of telescreen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of telescreen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «telescreen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

电幕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

telepantalla
570 millions of speakers

English

telescreen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेलिस्क्रीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

telescreen
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

телеэкран
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

telescreen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরেক্ষণযন্ত্রের কাচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

télécran
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telescreen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Televisor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

telescreen
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

티비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telescreen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màn ảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைதிரையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेलिस्क्रीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

televizyon ekranı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

teleschermo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tele-
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телеекран
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Telescreen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

telescreen
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tele
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Telescreen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of telescreen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELESCREEN»

The term «telescreen» is regularly used and occupies the 91.443 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TELESCREEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about telescreen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELESCREEN»

Discover the use of telescreen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to telescreen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
1984
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George Orwell, 2004
2
The Telescreen: An Empirical Study of the Destruction and ...
People today continually flood their consciousness with images and impressions from television, video games, church, radio, billboards, textbooks, magazines, and newspapers--the "telescreen world" of Orwell's "1984.
Jeffrey Grupp, 2010
3
On "Nineteen Eighty-Four": Orwell and Our Future
If the telescreen works, then its architecture inevitably would enable freedom, not Orwell's control. Huber believes he is offering an account of technology that is different from Orwell's, and of course, on one level, it certainly is. But what interests ...
Abbott Gleason, Jack Goldsmith, Martha C. Nussbaum, 2010
4
Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control : a Study of ...
Althusser's notion of "hailing" has been predicted here as a visual warning to citizens. Big Brother's gaze sums up the activities of the Thought Police — a shadowy but ubiquitous agency— and the two- way telescreen, implying that no areas of ...
David Seed, 2004
5
Telescreen
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Ad La De Felicie, 2011
6
Television Studies After TV: Understanding Television in the ...
In 2008, the NEC Corporation took the occasion of an annual TV conference in Tokyo to introduce a commercial version of what George Orwell dubbed the telescreen – a TV that watches you while you watch. The device came complete with a ...
Graeme Turner, Jinna Tay, 2009
7
Second City Television: A History and Episode Guide
Telescreen, the name given to the only network television available in an Orwellian society that never ceases to remind its viewers that “Big Brother (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Orson Welles) is watching you.” The skill in this ...
Jeff Robbins, 2007
8
George Orwell's 1984
THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH: Four tables or desks, four chairs, four wastebaskets, four desk trays, telescreen/poster of Big Brother; three other posters which read WAR is PEACE, FREEDOM is SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE is STRENGTH.
George Orwell, 1963
9
Telescreen (Company)
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Ozzy Ronny Parthalan, 2012
10
1984
Chair and small desk. A telescreen at one end. When there is no image on the telescreens they are blue. They turn red as they pick up noise from the rooms they are in. Continual voice from telescreen. WINSTON pours himself a Victory Gin.
George Orwell, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELESCREEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term telescreen is used in the context of the following news items.
1
ABC row: Lacking a 1984 memory hole, Tony Abbott reduces …
The population in Orwell's world had televisions, as it happened, named telescreens. But you couldn't tune these telescreens to different stations, or turn them off ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
On Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
More than 60 years later, the concepts of "Big Brother" and the "telescreen," remain ubiquitous as symbolic references to totalitarianism. Comprehensive ... «Caixin Media, Jul 15»
3
The Saudi States of America
... reinforce it with elected government representatives and military analysts on their Sunday morning programs, which instantly become an Orwellian telescreen. «Personal Liberty Digest, May 15»
4
Telescreen watch: Vizio adds spyware to its TVs
If you own a Vizio TV that's updated recently, beware: its firmware adds "Smart Interactivity," a cute name for spyware that records your viewing choices and ... «Boing Boing, Apr 15»
5
Decoding the right-wing lexicon
See: Telescreen. Regime Change: Overthrowing a government because we can. See: Iraq, Libya, Guatemala, Iran, Chile, Congo, Nicaragua, Panama, Grenada, ... «Wisconsin Gazette, Feb 15»
6
Samsung Smart TV might really be a telescreen in your living room
Shhh.. Come closer. Whisper. You don't want the Telescreen to hear you do you? Good. Now that Big Brother can't hear us I would like to ask you if you have ... «ModVive, Feb 15»
7
Today In Creepy Privacy Policies, Samsung's Eavesdropping TV
But the clarity of wording in Samsung's privacy policy is impressive — given it amounts to a warning not to talk about private stuff in front of your telescreen ... «TechCrunch, Feb 15»
8
Apple Inc. vs Google Inc: The Battle Of The Tech Giants
You may remember the rows of nondescript people, lit in grey, industrial tones, marching through a tunnel in front of a monochrome telescreen, when a runner ... «The Motley Fool UK, Dec 14»
9
Why Samsung's New TVs Are Too 'Smart' For Their Own Good, And …
“You may not be watching, but the telescreen is listening.” As Price points out, such “third-party records” like email, phone records, metadata and cloud-stored ... «Daily Caller, Nov 14»
10
Dermot O'Leary evicted by Simon Cowell & Frankie Cocozza's …
Fans of Frankie's may know that he hoped to re-launch his career by joining group Telescreen – whose debut album went on sale recently – however, with just ... «Unreality TV, Jul 14»

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