dystopia
noun/dɪsˈtəʊ.pi.ə/UK/dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ə/US/dɪsˈtɐʉpiə/
Etymology
From dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia being reinterpreted as eu-topia.
- derived from δυσ-
Definitions
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or…
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.
- As novelist, he knows, too, that when he sees the future, it will not work—he will automatically be creating a “dystopia” (no one creates utopias any more: even the utopias of the past look like dystopias to us).
- 2. FEAR OF TECHNOLOGY/THE BOMB/THE FUTURE—Progress run amok, either in the form of cybernetic creatures that turn against their masters, or future dystopiae in which society is controlled by technology.
Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
- The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.
- 2. Dystopiæ of separate organs.
- Davis, J. E. (J. Urol., Vol. xx-155, 1928), writing on the surgical pathology of malformation in the kidneys and ureters, classifies these anomalies into three groups: (a) anomalies of position (dystopiae).
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dystopia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA