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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island
2: ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects [ant: dystopia]
3: a work of fiction describing a utopia
4: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [syn: Utopia, Zion, Sion]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Utopia, imaginary and ideal country in Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More, from Greek ou not, no + topos place Date: 1597 1. an imaginary and indefinitely remote place 2. often capitalized a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions 3. an impractical scheme for social improvement

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an imagined perfect place or state of things. Etymology: title of a book (1516) by Thomas More: mod.L f. Gk ou not + topos place

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Utopia U*to"pi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. not + ? a place.] 1. 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. 2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(utopias) If you refer to an imaginary situation as a utopia, you mean that it is one in which society is perfect and everyone is happy, but which you feel is not possible. We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia. ...the social utopias of revolutionary peasants. N-VAR

Moby Thesaurus

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