utopicadj.

Brit.

/juːˈtəʊpɪk/,

/jᵿˈtəʊpɪk/, U.S.

/juˈtoʊpɪk/

Forms: 1600s vtopicke, 1800s– utopic.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: utopia n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < Utopi- (in utopia n.) + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin utopicus (1569 or earlier), French utopique (1529 in an isolated attestation in Middle French in sense ‘of or relating to the fictional island of Utopia’, subsequently from 1839), Spanish utópico (1848), and also German utopisch (1679). Compare earlier utopian adj., utopical adj.

†1. Imaginary, non-existent; = utopian adj. 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal

imaginary?1510

imaginative1517

rational1530

fantastical1531

fantasied1561

airy1565

fancied1568

legendary1570

dreamed1597

fabled1606

ideal1611

fictive1612

affectual1614

insubstantiala1616

imaginatorya1618

supposititious1620

fictitious1621

utopian1624

utopic1624

notional1629

affective1633

fictiousa1644

notionary1646

figmental1655

suppositious1655

fict1677

visionary1725

metaphysical1728

unrealized1767

fancy1801

nice-spun1801

subjective1815

aerial1829

transcendental1835

cardboardy1863

mythical1870

cardboard1879

fictionary1882

figmentary1887

alternative1939

alternate1944

fantasized1964

ideate1966

fanciful-

fantastic-

1624 A. Logie Cum Bono Deo xi. 39 That matter of their Vtopicke Purgatorie.

2. Originally and chiefly depreciative. Expressing or founded on an unrealistic belief in the perfectibility of society; excessively idealistic; impracticable. Now also in neutral or positive sense: idealistic, optimistic. Cf. utopian adj. 2a, utopical adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > to extravagant extent

utopical1574

utopian1588

romantic1659

utopic1850

supermundane1851

1850 ‘L. Mariotti’ Scenes from Ital. Life 133 They dismissed the work as utopic, unpractical.

1884 To-day Sept. 296 The retention of the term Communism for the crude utopic conception of the direct, equal and periodical division of the objects of consumption.

1952 B. Wolfe Limbo '90 438 All such writing is essentially satiric (today-centered), not utopic (tomorrow-centered).

1975 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 13 Oct. 15/1 The document we have prepared is certainly audacious, a bit courageous, and probably utopic.

1992 Sci. Amer. July 23/2 Mauritius..fell under French rule in 1721 and thereafter became directly associated with the utopic visions of Romanticism and French physiocracy.

2011 S. J. Collier Post-Soviet Social iii. 76 The call of Party leaders was..to drop the theoretical and utopic discussions and get on with the planning problems dictated by industrial developments.

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

单词	utopic
释义	utopicadj. Brit. /juːˈtəʊpɪk/, /jᵿˈtəʊpɪk/, U.S. /juˈtoʊpɪk/ Forms: 1600s vtopicke, 1800s– utopic. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: utopia n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < Utopi- (in utopia n.) + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin utopicus (1569 or earlier), French utopique (1529 in an isolated attestation in Middle French in sense ‘of or relating to the fictional island of Utopia’, subsequently from 1839), Spanish utópico (1848), and also German utopisch (1679). Compare earlier utopian adj., utopical adj. †1. Imaginary, non-existent; = utopian adj. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal imaginary?1510 imaginative1517 rational1530 fantastical1531 fantasied1561 airy1565 fancied1568 legendary1570 dreamed1597 fabled1606 ideal1611 fictive1612 affectual1614 insubstantiala1616 imaginatorya1618 supposititious1620 fictitious1621 utopian1624 utopic1624 notional1629 affective1633 fictiousa1644 notionary1646 figmental1655 suppositious1655 fict1677 visionary1725 metaphysical1728 unrealized1767 fancy1801 nice-spun1801 subjective1815 aerial1829 transcendental1835 cardboardy1863 mythical1870 cardboard1879 fictionary1882 figmentary1887 alternative1939 alternate1944 fantasized1964 ideate1966 fanciful- fantastic- 1624 A. Logie Cum Bono Deo xi. 39 That matter of their Vtopicke Purgatorie. 2. Originally and chiefly depreciative. Expressing or founded on an unrealistic belief in the perfectibility of society; excessively idealistic; impracticable. Now also in neutral or positive sense: idealistic, optimistic. Cf. utopian adj. 2a, utopical adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > to extravagant extent utopical1574 utopian1588 romantic1659 utopic1850 supermundane1851 1850 ‘L. Mariotti’ Scenes from Ital. Life 133 They dismissed the work as utopic, unpractical. 1884 To-day Sept. 296 The retention of the term Communism for the crude utopic conception of the direct, equal and periodical division of the objects of consumption. 1952 B. Wolfe Limbo '90 438 All such writing is essentially satiric (today-centered), not utopic (tomorrow-centered). 1975 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 13 Oct. 15/1 The document we have prepared is certainly audacious, a bit courageous, and probably utopic. 1992 Sci. Amer. July 23/2 Mauritius..fell under French rule in 1721 and thereafter became directly associated with the utopic visions of Romanticism and French physiocracy. 2011 S. J. Collier Post-Soviet Social iii. 76 The call of Party leaders was..to drop the theoretical and utopic discussions and get on with the planning problems dictated by industrial developments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1624
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