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.
Iron Law of Oligarchy. Building on the term oligarchy, a system in which many are ruled by a few, sociologist Robert Michels (1876â1936) coined the term the iron law of oligarchy to refer to how organizations come to be dominated by a small, self-perpetuating elite.