单词 | utopianist |
释义 | utopianistn. A person who imagines or proposes a utopia; an advocate of social reform; = utopian n. 2. Chiefly depreciative, with connotations of idle speculation and impracticality. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > Utopianism > adherent of utopian1597 utopist1830 utopianist1836 utopianizera1843 utopiast1845 1836 Times 12 Sept. 3/3 Those utopianists who fancy the scheme will work well must ere long find they have been resting their ideas upon soap bubbles. 1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xxix. 556 What seemed a crime to the eyes of Utopianists, will some day become, to the eyes of enlightened men, his most glorious title to wisdom and foresight. 1876 Contemp. Rev. 28 xxviii. 447 The great comatose movement..[was] neither abandoned nor disregarded by a few devoted Utopianists. 1920 O. H. Kahn Our Econ. & Other Probl. ix. 244 The motley army ranging from the American variety of destructive Bolsheviks in various gradations to self-seeking demagogues, well-meaning utopianists, iconoclast theorists, [etc.]. 2005 I. McEwan Saturday iv. 276 Beware the utopianists, zealous men certain of the path to the ideal social order. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1836 |
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