comparative - the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; `faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'; `less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'; `more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'
In their torture chamber conversations, he tells Winston that The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, the book by Emmanuel Goldstein, was written by a committee that included him. When Winston asks O'Brien if the book is true, he replies: As description, yes.
Baron Charles de Montesquieu. French nobleman famous for his ideas on government and law. He wrote The Spirit of Laws proposing 3 separate branches of government so no or group of people in government would have too much power. He inspired James Madison to defend the separation of powers in the Federalist Papers.