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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024U•to•pi•a /yuˈtoʊpiə/USA pronunciation n., pl. -pi•as. - Literature, Philosophy[proper noun] an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- Philosophy[countable* usually: utopia] any ideal place or state.
U•to•pi•an, u•to•pi•an, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024U•to•pi•an (yo̅o̅ tō′pē ən),USA pronunciation adj. - Philosophyof, pertaining to, or resembling Utopia.
- (usually l.c.) founded upon or involving idealized perfection.
- (usually l.c.) given to impractical or unrealistic schemes of such perfection.
n. - Philosophyan inhabitant of Utopia.
- Philosophy(usually l.c.) an ardent but impractical political or social reformer;
visionary;
idealist.
- Neo-Latin Utopiānus. See Utopia, -an
- 1545–55
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged visionary, idealistic; impracticable.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024U•to•pi•a (yo̅o̅ tō′pē ə),USA pronunciation n. - Literature, Philosophyan imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- Philosophy(usually l.c.) an ideal place or state.
- Philosophy(usually l.c.) any visionary system of political or social perfection.
- Greek ou not + tóp(os) a place + -ia -y3
- Neo-Latin (1516)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Utopian /juːˈtəʊpɪən/(sometimes not capital) adj - of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence
n - an idealistic social reformer
Uˈtopianˌism n |