Alternativa stavningar

Uttal

  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˌbɪɡ ˈbɹʌð.ɚ/
    • IPA: /ˌbɪɡ ˈbɹʌð.ə/
Översättning
Egentliga substantiv
1.Storebror {en}
2.storebror {en}

Definitioner

Egentliga substantiv

  1. Unwarranted, invasive, and discreet surveillance, especially of a people by its government
  2. Any omnipresent figurehead representing oppressive control

Exempel

  • Some people are worried about marketing calls at dinnertime or junk mail or spam, while others are more concerned about Big Brother.
  • When one mentions the concepts of identity and governance in the same breath, a virtually autonomic response from many is the concern that a governmental big brother will soon be looking over their shoulders.
  • In the late 1960s and early 1970s, at the height of public concern over the emergence of a Big Brother society, privacy activism shared features in common with some of the hard-line environmental campaigns of the 1990s.
  • When the agencies of the federal government spied on the political activities of US citizens, they moved into the grey area between concern with national security and a Big Brother system that violated constitutional protections.

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