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telescreen.

A screen for broadcasting television or similar media, especially one that shows propaganda and records or spies on the user.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A screen for broadcasting television or similar media, especially one that shows propaganda and records or spies on the user.

Where this word comes from

From tele- + screen, from television. Popularized by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), in which they are used for government surveillance of citizens.

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