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subtopia

noun

Etymology

Blend of suburb + utopia, coined by British architectural critic and broadcaster Ian Nairn.

  1. derived from οὐ
  2. derived from Ūtopia
  3. compounded as subtopia — “suburb + utopia”

Definitions

  1. Sprawling suburbs, collectively.

    • Their bland don't-mind-me-meekness is all the more offensive for it, resulting in an energy vampire form of architecture. It's subtopia writ large if anything.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA