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Definition
a questioner who is excessively harsh
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an officer of the Inquisition
or:
an officer of the Inquisition
- He was the tormentor, he was the protector, he was the inquisitor, he was the friend.p. 244.1
inquisitor = harsh questioner
- 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. 193.9
- Naturally all the glory belonged to the victim and all the shame to the Inquisitor who burned him.p. 253.9
inquisitor = harsh questioner
inquisitor = harsh questioner
There are no more uses of "inquisitor" in 1984 by Orwell.
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