Sauronesque

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English

Etymology

From Sauron +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Sauronesque (comparative more Sauronesque, superlative most Sauronesque)

  1. Having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness.
    • 1984, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 104, numbers 10-14, page 146:
      This crew faces the Sauronesque embodiment of evil, the Shadow, its minions, the savage Reavers, and treachery in the usurper of Arlen's throne.
    • 2003 January 2, Noah Shachtman, “Bush's Year of U.S. Surveillance”, in Wired:
      And it's not the only Sauronesque Bush program
    • 2008, Chronicles, volume 32, page 36:
      Their Sauronesque motto—Join us, and we can rule the Middle East together—doesn't have quite the catchy ring it once did.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sauronesque.