Both Uses of
industrious
in
1984 by Orwell
- Oceania by the width of the Atlantic and the Pacific, Eastasia by the fecundity and industriousness of its inhabitants.†
p. 186..9 *
- Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation, and orgiastic triumph.†
p. 192..4
Definition:
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(industrious) characterized by a habit of hard work