(See quot. 1818, where Utopia ‘nowhere’ seems to be mistaken for Eutopia ‘a place where all is well’.)
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun] > very bad place (4) Cacotopia1818 (See quot. 1818, where Utopia ‘nowhere’ seems to be mistaken for Eutopia ‘a place where all is well’.) kakotopia1915 = dystopia, n. Cf. Cacotopia, n. Ginny Gall1922 In African-American usage: (the name of) an imaginary place characterized as remote, unpleasant, or harsh; spec. an outer region of hell. Now rare… dystopia1952 An imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible; opposed to utopia, n. (cf. Cacotopia, n.). |
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