Sauronesque

English

Etymology

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 panopticism.
    • 1984, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Volume 104, Issues 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, Noah Shachtman, "Bush's Year of U.S. Surveillance", Wired, 2 January 2003:
      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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Sauronesque.
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