utopiastn.
/juːˈtəʊpɪast/, /jᵿˈtəʊpɪast/, U.S. /juˈtoʊpiˌæst/ Now somewhat rare.
= utopian n. 2.
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1845 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 404/1 He began to be looked upon as a dangerous utopiast, a raving enthusiast, an incurable Radical.
1854 tr. A. de Lamartine Mem. Celebrated Char. II. 384 The visionary Utopiasts [Fr. utopistes], who advocate a purely metaphysical form of government.
1887 Westm. Rev. Jan. 130 It is the weakness of Utopiasts..to place themselves outside the pale of their own system.
1902 World To-day Oct. 1899/1 The Amana Society..stands to-day as the realization of the Utopiasts' dreams of a community of men and women living together in peace, plenty, and happiness.
2005 A. C. Grayling Life, Sex & Ideas 97 From the paradises dreamed by the utopiasts one can discern, as their reverse image, the too-familiar dystopian features of the world we live in.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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