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a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

The new technology has aroused Big Brother fears since, in theory, it could be used to spy on anyone watching one of the new televisions.

Big Brother = (of an) organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.
George Orwell -- 1984

Big Brother = an organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

"What, you're all-knowing and all-seeing now?" I asked. "Who are you, Big Brother?"
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

Big Brother = (of an) organization that comprehensively spies on people

Nut jobs are exactly the kind of people who will have survived. People who saw Big Brother when he wasn't there. People who suspected the rest of humanity before the rest of humanity turned dangerous. People with hiding places ready.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host

Big Brother = (of an) organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

But after a few months, when the big brother upstairs turned out to be Big Brother, she got on her bicycle and rode through the neighborhood of her high school days until she spotted an apartment with fresh-painted walls and masking tape on the windows.
Sandra Cisneros -- The House on Mango Street

Big Brother = (of an) organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

If our society ever opted for Orwell's Big Brother approach, the instrument of choice for oppression would have to be the credit wake.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion

Big Brother = (of an) organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Or maybe it was his intense dislike of the government: He saw the sign on the Park Service cabin identifying it as such, assumed all three cabins were government property, and decided to strike a blow against Big Brother.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

Big Brother = (of an) organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Tell me, Winston — and remember, no lies: you know that I am always able to detect a lie — tell me, what are your true feelings towards Big Brother?
George Orwell -- 1984

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

There was nothing left in them except sorrow for what they had done, and love of Big Brother.
George Orwell -- 1984

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible.
George Orwell -- 1984

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

Big Brother is the guise in which the Party chooses to exhibit itself to the world.
George Orwell -- 1984

Big Brother = a person or organization that attempts to exercise total control over people and that invades their privacy to do so

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