Utopia vs. Dystopia

Utopianoun

A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

Utopianoun

An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Utopianoun

Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.

Utopianoun

a book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island

Utopianoun

ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects

Utopianoun

a work of fiction describing a utopia

Utopianoun

an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal

Utopianoun

an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

Utopia

A utopia ( yoo-TOH-pee-ə) is an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The term was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America.

Dystopianoun

A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.

Dystopianoun

A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.

Dystopianoun

(pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.

Dystopianoun

state in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror

Dystopianoun

a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror

Dystopia

A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia or simply anti-utopia) is a fictional community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is often treated as an antonym of utopia, a term that was coined by Sir Thomas More and figures as the title of his best known work, published in 1516, which created a blueprint for an ideal society with minimal crime, violence and poverty.