subtopian.

Brit.

/ˌsʌbˈtəʊpɪə/, U.S.

/ˌsəbˈtoʊpiə/

Forms: Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suburb n., utopia n.

Etymology: < sub- (in suburb n.) + -topia (in utopia n., etc.). Compare earlier suburbia n.

depreciative.

Suburbia regarded as an undesirable or unattractive place to live, or as an encroachment on the countryside; esp. poorly planned, undifferentiated, or ugly suburban development. Also: an area or district of such suburbia.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > suburb > unsightly

suburban sprawl1938

subtopia1955

slurb1962

1955 I. Nairn in Archit. Rev. 117 365 There will be no real distinction between town and country. Both will consist of a limbo of shacks, bogus rusticities, wire and aerodromes, set in some fir-poled fields... Upon this new Britain the Review bestows a name in the hope that it will stick—Subtopia.

1960 A. Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. 277 I loathe crooners and swooners,..neon and subtopia.

1971 Country Life 2 Sept. 566/1 Will there still be English villages as we know them, or will they have merged into an unending subtopia in which town and country have become indistinguishable?

1996 Business Age June 76/2 Amazingly, the most common classification in the UK is something called ‘Pebble Dash Subtopia’.

2010 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Apr. (G2 section) 19 This or that week's housing minister has barked on about headline-stealing 'eco-towns' that were clearly a bad joke, a new form of jobless, car-bound subtopia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subtopia
释义	subtopian. Brit. /ˌsʌbˈtəʊpɪə/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈtoʊpiə/ Forms: Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suburb n., utopia n. Etymology: < sub- (in suburb n.) + -topia (in utopia n., etc.). Compare earlier suburbia n. depreciative. Suburbia regarded as an undesirable or unattractive place to live, or as an encroachment on the countryside; esp. poorly planned, undifferentiated, or ugly suburban development. Also: an area or district of such suburbia. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > suburb > unsightly suburban sprawl1938 subtopia1955 slurb1962 1955 I. Nairn in Archit. Rev. 117 365 There will be no real distinction between town and country. Both will consist of a limbo of shacks, bogus rusticities, wire and aerodromes, set in some fir-poled fields... Upon this new Britain the Review bestows a name in the hope that it will stick—Subtopia. 1960 A. Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. 277 I loathe crooners and swooners,..neon and subtopia. 1971 Country Life 2 Sept. 566/1 Will there still be English villages as we know them, or will they have merged into an unending subtopia in which town and country have become indistinguishable? 1996 Business Age June 76/2 Amazingly, the most common classification in the UK is something called ‘Pebble Dash Subtopia’. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Apr. (G2 section) 19 This or that week's housing minister has barked on about headline-stealing 'eco-towns' that were clearly a bad joke, a new form of jobless, car-bound subtopia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1955
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