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utopiau‧to‧pi‧a, Utopia /juːˈtəʊpiə $ -ˈtoʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] utopiaOrigin: 1500-1600 Utopia imaginary perfect country in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More, from Greek ou ‘not, no’ + topos ‘place’ - However, before the dawning of this utopia, certain changes must occur.
- Our belief in a Communist utopia had nothing to do with reality.
- The new novel usually starts from where one is, seldom from a vision of a lost world or future utopia.
- The promise of utopia has attracted the attentions of both charlatans and serious scientists.
- This utopia won't be sprouting up any time soon, so Doguzhieva believes survival requires a sense of humor.
- To outsiders, it seemed to be a mountaintop utopia, high above the troubles of the Great Depression.
perfect as an idea, but impossible in reality► ideal · Plato dreamed of an ideal society.· A completely new kitchen would be ideal, but I don't think that we can afford it. ► utopian a utopian society is one in which you imagine there is a perfect social or political situation, although this is unlikely to ever really exist: · The debate was about the impossibility of a utopian society.a utopian dream (=when you think about and wish for utopian society): · Marxism was a Utopian dream. ► idealized also idealised British an idealized view or description of something considers or shows it as perfect when really it is not: · I think you have an idealized idea of what a doctor does.· The film showed an idealized view of rural life in the nineteenth century.· an idealized image of motherhood an imaginary perfect world where everyone is happy → dystopia—utopian adjective: a utopian society—utopianism noun [uncountable] |