dystopian

adjective

dys·to·pi·an (ˌ)dis-ˈtō-pē-ən How to pronounce dystopian (audio)

variants or less commonly dystopic

(ˌ)dis-ˈtō-pik How to pronounce dystopian (audio)

-ˈtä-

: of, relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead dehumanized, fearful lives : relating to or characteristic of a dystopia

A twisted romantic haunted by dystopian visions, Gibson borrows the language of science fiction and crafts doomed love stories with high-tech trappings.

Maitland McDonagh

Dystopian visions are in a sense mythopoeic: depicting a creation myth in a future world of darkness and silence.

Sarah Lefanu

Biotechnology is a force for good, but without adherence to the ideal of universal human equality, it opens the door to the soft tyranny of Gattaca and, ultimately the dystopian nightmare of Brave New World.

Wesley J. Smith

Like many advances in science and technology, the dystopian implications of data mining have been described best by science-fiction writers.

John Markoff

… Orwellian has become a word itself: an adjective denoting a dystopic world where language is cut adrift from meaning.

Harvey A. Daniels

Letter by letter, we read of a society that seems to move from one dystopic nightmare to another …

Simon Winchester

Word History

Etymology

dystopian from dystopia + -an entry 2; dystopic from dystopia + -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

单词	dystopian
释义	dystopian adjective dys·to·pi·an (ˌ)dis-ˈtō-pē-ən variants or less commonly dystopic (ˌ)dis-ˈtō-pik -ˈtä- : of, relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead dehumanized, fearful lives : relating to or characteristic of a dystopia A twisted romantic haunted by dystopian visions, Gibson borrows the language of science fiction and crafts doomed love stories with high-tech trappings. Maitland McDonagh Dystopian visions are in a sense mythopoeic: depicting a creation myth in a future world of darkness and silence. Sarah Lefanu Biotechnology is a force for good, but without adherence to the ideal of universal human equality, it opens the door to the soft tyranny of Gattaca and, ultimately the dystopian nightmare of Brave New World. Wesley J. Smith Like many advances in science and technology, the dystopian implications of data mining have been described best by science-fiction writers. John Markoff … Orwellian has become a word itself: an adjective denoting a dystopic world where language is cut adrift from meaning. Harvey A. Daniels Letter by letter, we read of a society that seems to move from one dystopic nightmare to another … Simon Winchester Word History Etymology dystopian from dystopia + -an entry 2; dystopic from dystopia + -ic entry 1 First Known Use 1962, in the meaning defined above dystopian adjective as in anti-utopian Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance anti-utopian earthly hellish terrestrial mundane worldly infernal plutonian chthonian chthonic sulfurous Tartarean Antonyms & Near Antonyms celestial ethereal supernatural heavenly transcendental transcendent unearthly empyrean empyreal unworldly supernal blissful angelic elysian beatific angelical See More
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