utopianismn.

Brit.

/juːˈtəʊpɪənɪz(ə)m/,

/jᵿˈtəʊpɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/juˈtoʊpiəˌnɪzəm/

Forms: see utopian adj. and n. and -ism suffix. Also (esp. in early use) with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: utopian adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < utopian adj. + -ism suffix.

The fact or quality of being utopian; belief in the perfectibility of society. Also: a utopian idea, theory, or project. Frequently (esp. in early use) depreciative, with connotations of unrealistic idealism and impracticality.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > belief in a perfect society

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > Utopianism

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1649 J. Goodwin Ὑβριστοδίκαι: Obstructours of Justice 127 The Militia being in the Parliaments hands, &c. What intelligent man is there, to whom such discourse as this seems not a ridiculous kind of utopianisme?

a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 194 Plato indeed would have his cittizens ambidexters:..this was but one of his vtopianismes.

1719 T. Herne Ess. Imposing & Subscribing Articles Relig. 17 Blended and confounded..they [sc. church laws and civil laws] always will be; and to imagine the contrary seems as mere Utopianism as to imagine, that in a Christian Nation there should be no National Church.

1783 J. Murdoch Pictures of Heart I. i. 125 One of the ancient Mandarins of the Province having—on principles, as it appears, however, void of Utopianism—issued an ordinance.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. iv. 69 Such an improvement that the stamp of Utopianism..threatens to render the acceptance of it next to hopeless.

1833 Q. Jrnl. Educ. 6 331 The views, plans, and projects of a laudable philanthropy [degenerate] into utopianisms impracticable and sometimes ridiculous.

1879 M. Kaufmann Utopias 258 The superiority of the most recent forms of Utopianism over previous schemes of social improvement.

1941 Archit. Rev. 89 117/1 Utopianism, or wishful-thinking, or pie-in-the-sky, or whatever we care to call it.

1985 A. Megill Prophets Extremity v. 197 Foucault's utopianism..in some ways resembles previous utopianisms of a socialist or anarchistic type.

2010 Art Q. Summer 153/2 The relationship between the utopianism of much Modernist thought and the dystopian reality resulting from its implementation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	utopianism
释义	utopianismn. Brit. /juːˈtəʊpɪənɪz(ə)m/, /jᵿˈtəʊpɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /juˈtoʊpiəˌnɪzəm/ Forms: see utopian adj. and n. and -ism suffix. Also (esp. in early use) with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: utopian adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < utopian adj. + -ism suffix. The fact or quality of being utopian; belief in the perfectibility of society. Also: a utopian idea, theory, or project. Frequently (esp. in early use) depreciative, with connotations of unrealistic idealism and impracticality. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > belief in a perfect society utopianism1649 utopism1849 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > belief in a perfect society > idea or scheme of utopianism1649 utopia1738 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > Utopianism utopianism1649 1649 J. Goodwin Ὑβριστοδίκαι: Obstructours of Justice 127 The Militia being in the Parliaments hands, &c. What intelligent man is there, to whom such discourse as this seems not a ridiculous kind of utopianisme? a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 194 Plato indeed would have his cittizens ambidexters:..this was but one of his vtopianismes. 1719 T. Herne Ess. Imposing & Subscribing Articles Relig. 17 Blended and confounded..they [sc. church laws and civil laws] always will be; and to imagine the contrary seems as mere Utopianism as to imagine, that in a Christian Nation there should be no National Church. 1783 J. Murdoch Pictures of Heart I. i. 125 One of the ancient Mandarins of the Province having—on principles, as it appears, however, void of Utopianism—issued an ordinance. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. iv. 69 Such an improvement that the stamp of Utopianism..threatens to render the acceptance of it next to hopeless. 1833 Q. Jrnl. Educ. 6 331 The views, plans, and projects of a laudable philanthropy [degenerate] into utopianisms impracticable and sometimes ridiculous. 1879 M. Kaufmann Utopias 258 The superiority of the most recent forms of Utopianism over previous schemes of social improvement. 1941 Archit. Rev. 89 117/1 Utopianism, or wishful-thinking, or pie-in-the-sky, or whatever we care to call it. 1985 A. Megill Prophets Extremity v. 197 Foucault's utopianism..in some ways resembles previous utopianisms of a socialist or anarchistic type. 2010 Art Q. Summer 153/2 The relationship between the utopianism of much Modernist thought and the dystopian reality resulting from its implementation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1649
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