All 3 Uses of
inquisitor
in
1984, by Orwell
- The scientist of today is either a mixture of psychologist and inquisitor, studying with real ordinary minuteness the meaning of facial expressions, gestures, and tones of voice, and testing the truth-producing effects of drugs, shock therapy, hypnosis, and physical torture; or he is chemist, physicist, or biologist concerned only with such branches of his special subject as are relevant to the taking of life.
p. 193.9inquisitor = harsh questioner
- He was the tormentor, he was the protector, he was the inquisitor, he was the friend.
p. 244.1 *
- Naturally all the glory belonged to the victim and all the shame to the Inquisitor who burned him.
p. 253.9
Definition:
a questioner who is excessively harsh
or:
an officer of the Inquisition
or:
an officer of the Inquisition