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dystopia definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror [ant: utopia]
2: a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from dys- + -topia (as in utopia) Date: circa 1950 1. an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives 2. anti-utopia 2 • dystopian adjective

Moby Thesaurus

Agapemone, Arcadia, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Canaan, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Goshen, Happy Valley, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never-Never-land, Neverland, New Atlantis, Pandemonium, Quivira, Shangri-la, Utopia, cloudland, dreamland, faerie, fairyland, heaven, kakotopia, kingdom come, land of dreams, land of enchantment, land of faerie, land of plenty, land of promise, lotus land, millennium, paradise, promised land, utopia, wonderland