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variants or less commonly dystopic. (ˌ)dis-ˈtō-pik -ˈtä-. Synonyms of dystopian. : of, relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead dehumanized, fearful lives : relating to or characteristic of a dystopia.
An imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible; opposed to utopia n. (cf. Cacotopia n. ). The Mundus Alter et Idem [of Joseph Hall] is..the opposite of eutopia, the ideal society: it is a dystopia, if it is permissible to coin a word. The ‘ dystopia ’ or ‘inverted utopia’.
A dystopia (diss-TOE-pee-yuh) is a horrible place where everything has gone wrong. Whereas utopia means a perfect paradise, dystopia means exactly the opposite. The term generally implies a fictional setting, but sometimes people will refer to real places as “dystopic.” II. Examples of Dystopia. Example 1.
