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.
Just like when OâBrien gives a copy of âOligarchical Collectivismâ to Winston and Julia to complete their initiation into the Brotherhood, so it should be required for anyone that wishes to be initiated into an understanding of the psychology behind government and authority to read 1984.