Utopia vs. Paradise

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.

Paradisenoun

The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.

Paradisenoun

(Abrahamic religions) A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

Paradisenoun

(figuratively) A very pleasant place; a place full of lush vegetation.

Paradisenoun

(figuratively) A very pleasant experience.

Paradisenoun

An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

Paradisenoun

(obsolete) A churchyard or cemetery.

Paradisenoun

(slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.

Paradiseverb

To place (as) in paradise.

Paradiseverb

(obsolete) To transform into a paradise.

Paradiseverb

To affect or exalt with visions of happiness.

Paradisenoun

The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

Paradisenoun

The abode of sanctified souls after death.

Paradisenoun

A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

Paradisenoun

An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

Paradisenoun

A churchyard or cemetery.

Paradiseverb

To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

Paradisenoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Paradisenoun

(Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death

Paradisenoun

(in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just

Paradisenoun

the abode of Adam and Eve before the Fall in the biblical account of the Creation; the Garden of Eden.

Paradisenoun

an ideal or idyllic place or state

Paradise

In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness.