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Let's get one thing straight, authoritarian and Orwellian governments are different entities. Eric Blair's Orwellian government is closer to the concept of totalitarianism than authoritarianism. In the novel, we see how the government may exploit its monopoly on the people's knowledge of their own language, history, and culture to oppress and control them.
Source: thedailystar.net