All 5 Uses of
immortal
in
1984 by Orwell
- The proles were immortal, you could not doubt it when you looked at that valiant figure in the yard. In the end their awakening would come. And until that happened, though it might be a thousand years, they would stay alive against all the odds, like birds, passing on from body to body the vitality which the Party did not share and could not kill.
p. 220..8immortal = existing forever
- Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal.
p. 249..4 *immortal = exists forever
- But if he can make complete, utter submission, if he can escape from his identity, if he can merge himself in the Party so that he is the Party, then he is all-powerful and immortal.
p. 264..7immortal = existing forever
- The party is immortal.
p. 269..3immortal = exists forever
- It must be so; how could the immortal, collective brain be mistaken?
p. 277..2immortal = existing forever
Definition:
-
(immortal) living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
or:
someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god