All 11 Uses of
content
in
1984 by Orwell
- And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.
p. 71..8 (definition 1)discontented = not satisfiedstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontented means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of contented as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.
p. 71..8 (definition 1)discontent = dissatisfactionstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontent means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of content as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- One had the feeling that she would have been perfectly content, if the June evening had been endless and the supply of clothes inexhaustible, to remain there for a thousand years, pegging out diapers and singing rubbish.
p. 141..9 (definition 1)content = satisfied
- It aroused in Winston dim memories of something seen long ago on a wall or a hoarding — a vast bottle composed of electric lights which seemed to move up and down and pour its contents into a glass.†
p. 170..9 (definition 1)
- The ruling groups were always infected to some extent by liberal ideas, and were content to leave loose ends everywhere, to regard only the overt act and to be uninterested in what their subjects were thinking.
p. 205..7 (definition 1)content = satisfied
- Either it is conquered from without, or it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt, or it allows a strong and discontented Middle group to come into being, or it loses its own self-confidence and willingness to govern.
p. 207..1 (definition 1)discontented = not satisfiedstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontented means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of contented as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- The recurrent economic crises of past times were totally unnecessary and are not now permitted to happen, but other and equally large dislocations can and do happen without having political results, because there is no way in which discontent can become articulate.
p. 207..7 (definition 1)discontent = dissatisfactionstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontent means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of content as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- The most gifted among them, who might possibly become nuclei of discontent, are simply marked down by the Thought Police and eliminated.
p. 209..6 (definition 1) *
- The discontents produced by his bare, unsatisfying life are deliberately turned outwards and dissipated by such devices as the Two Minutes Hate, and the speculations which might possibly induce a skeptical or rebellious attitude are killed in advance by his early acquired inner discipline.
p. 211..9 (definition 1)discontents = instances of not being satisfiedstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontents means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of contents--which in this case referred to people who are contented prior to being reverse. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- We are not content with negative obedience, nor even with the most abject submission.
p. 255..1 (definition 1)content = satisfied
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Nothing altered in his voice or manner, or in the content of what he was saying, but suddenly the names were different.†
p. 181..3 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.