tl;dr YESPeople could still experience the phenomena we now associate with the term "Orwellian," even if the word had not been coined. The term "Orwellian" has come to mean a society or situation characterized by oppressive government control, propaganda, and the restriction of individual freedoms. These characteristics are not unique to the fictional world that Orwell created in his novel "1984," but are based on the actual totalitarian regimes that existed and continue to exist. Even withou...