Definition of utopia in English:

utopia

noun juːˈtəʊpɪəjuˈtoʊpiə

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
misplaced faith in political utopias has led to ruin
The opposite of dystopia
a romantic vision of Utopia
Example sentencesExamples
- No utopias have been enduringly successful.
- He wanted to create an ideal city, an urban utopia, and wrote the charter for it.
- In utopia, every citizen has immediate access to the appropriate specialist for medical consultation.
- Something strange happened on the road to our much-celebrated post-industrial utopia.
- The utopia that the settlers sought always remained beyond their grasp.
- Hence the long and sad history of various utopias, of ‘ideal’ political systems, and of men and women who really did believe themselves to be fully in control of their destinies.
- The social utopia you crave is an anathema to a majority.
- Many scholars have made a Utopia from an egalitarian society in which coteries of artists wined and dined their rich and enlightened patrons.
- Scholars suggest that all Utopias since Plato have been but variations of the model provided by Plato, possibly with the exception of that portrayed in the teachings of Jesus.
- A utopia is not a portrait of the real world, or of the actual political or social order.
- Education, Democracy and thus high taxation are necessary parts of what I imagine to be utopia.
- Wilson sought to achieve a utopia, in which all nations would adhere strictly to moral principles.
- His stories were dreams of technological utopias in which nightmares of personal and political dystopia were played out.
- His failure to understand human aspirations made utopias hard to find.
- People seem to regard Fire Island as a utopia, and it's not hard to discern why.
- Predictably enough, a murder-free utopia soon starts to look mighty dystopic.
- In many Utopias, including that of Sir Thomas More and the Utopian communities of William Lane in Paraguay, divine peace and justice would only be achieved by a strong central authority with the power to oversee all aspects of society.
- These meetings put into practice and hold out hope for a utopia based not on economic but spiritual prosperity.
- Some £110 bn has been spent on the area since the socialist utopia vanished.
- "Brooklyn's a place that has taken on an identity as this sort of creative utopia," Butler said.
Synonyms
ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, Eden, Garden of Eden, Shangri-La, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Happy Valley, seventh heaven, idyll, nirvana, bliss
literary Arcadia, Arcady, Erewhon

Origin

Mid 16th century: based on Greek ou 'not' + topos 'place'; the word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.

The English scholar and statesman Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in Latin in 1516, depicting an imaginary island enjoying a perfect social, legal, and political system. The name implies that such an ideal place exists ‘nowhere’, as More created it from Greek ou ‘not’, and topos ‘place’ the source of terms such as topography (mid 17th century), the arrangement of the physical features of an area. In the 17th century other writers started using utopia for other imaginary places where everything is perfect. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia where everything is as bad as possible, a word formed in the late 18th century from Greek dus- ‘bad’, as if More had formed the word from Greek eu- ‘good’. Cacotopia or kakotopia (early 19th century) are less popular alternatives to dystopia. Topia has recently come to be used as a combining form for new words such as ecotopia, an ideal ecological world; motopia, a slightly misleading term as it means an ideal world where the use of cars is limited; pornotopia, the ideal setting for pornography; queuetopia, a far from ideal world of long queues; and subtopia, the ideal suburban world.

Definition of utopia in US English:

utopia

nounyo͞oˈtōpēəjuˈtoʊpiə

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
misplaced faith in political utopias has led to ruin
Compare with dystopia
a romantic vision of Utopia
Example sentencesExamples
- His failure to understand human aspirations made utopias hard to find.
- People seem to regard Fire Island as a utopia, and it's not hard to discern why.
- Scholars suggest that all Utopias since Plato have been but variations of the model provided by Plato, possibly with the exception of that portrayed in the teachings of Jesus.
- The utopia that the settlers sought always remained beyond their grasp.
- Hence the long and sad history of various utopias, of ‘ideal’ political systems, and of men and women who really did believe themselves to be fully in control of their destinies.
- A utopia is not a portrait of the real world, or of the actual political or social order.
- The social utopia you crave is an anathema to a majority.
- "Brooklyn's a place that has taken on an identity as this sort of creative utopia," Butler said.
- In many Utopias, including that of Sir Thomas More and the Utopian communities of William Lane in Paraguay, divine peace and justice would only be achieved by a strong central authority with the power to oversee all aspects of society.
- Many scholars have made a Utopia from an egalitarian society in which coteries of artists wined and dined their rich and enlightened patrons.
- Predictably enough, a murder-free utopia soon starts to look mighty dystopic.
- Education, Democracy and thus high taxation are necessary parts of what I imagine to be utopia.
- He wanted to create an ideal city, an urban utopia, and wrote the charter for it.
- His stories were dreams of technological utopias in which nightmares of personal and political dystopia were played out.
- These meetings put into practice and hold out hope for a utopia based not on economic but spiritual prosperity.
- Something strange happened on the road to our much-celebrated post-industrial utopia.
- Some £110 bn has been spent on the area since the socialist utopia vanished.
- Wilson sought to achieve a utopia, in which all nations would adhere strictly to moral principles.
- In utopia, every citizen has immediate access to the appropriate specialist for medical consultation.
- No utopias have been enduringly successful.
Synonyms
ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, eden, garden of eden, shangri-la, elysium, the elysian fields, happy valley, seventh heaven, idyll, nirvana, bliss

Origin

Mid 16th century: based on Greek ou ‘not’ + topos ‘place’; the word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.

单词	utopia
释义	Definition of utopia in English: utopia noun juːˈtəʊpɪəjuˈtoʊpiə An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. misplaced faith in political utopias has led to ruin The opposite of dystopia a romantic vision of Utopia Example sentencesExamples No utopias have been enduringly successful. He wanted to create an ideal city, an urban utopia, and wrote the charter for it. In utopia, every citizen has immediate access to the appropriate specialist for medical consultation. Something strange happened on the road to our much-celebrated post-industrial utopia. The utopia that the settlers sought always remained beyond their grasp. Hence the long and sad history of various utopias, of ‘ideal’ political systems, and of men and women who really did believe themselves to be fully in control of their destinies. The social utopia you crave is an anathema to a majority. Many scholars have made a Utopia from an egalitarian society in which coteries of artists wined and dined their rich and enlightened patrons. Scholars suggest that all Utopias since Plato have been but variations of the model provided by Plato, possibly with the exception of that portrayed in the teachings of Jesus. A utopia is not a portrait of the real world, or of the actual political or social order. Education, Democracy and thus high taxation are necessary parts of what I imagine to be utopia. Wilson sought to achieve a utopia, in which all nations would adhere strictly to moral principles. His stories were dreams of technological utopias in which nightmares of personal and political dystopia were played out. His failure to understand human aspirations made utopias hard to find. People seem to regard Fire Island as a utopia, and it's not hard to discern why. Predictably enough, a murder-free utopia soon starts to look mighty dystopic. In many Utopias, including that of Sir Thomas More and the Utopian communities of William Lane in Paraguay, divine peace and justice would only be achieved by a strong central authority with the power to oversee all aspects of society. These meetings put into practice and hold out hope for a utopia based not on economic but spiritual prosperity. Some £110 bn has been spent on the area since the socialist utopia vanished. "Brooklyn's a place that has taken on an identity as this sort of creative utopia," Butler said. Synonyms ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, Eden, Garden of Eden, Shangri-La, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Happy Valley, seventh heaven, idyll, nirvana, bliss literary Arcadia, Arcady, Erewhon Origin Mid 16th century: based on Greek ou 'not' + topos 'place'; the word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. The English scholar and statesman Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in Latin in 1516, depicting an imaginary island enjoying a perfect social, legal, and political system. The name implies that such an ideal place exists ‘nowhere’, as More created it from Greek ou ‘not’, and topos ‘place’ the source of terms such as topography (mid 17th century), the arrangement of the physical features of an area. In the 17th century other writers started using utopia for other imaginary places where everything is perfect. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia where everything is as bad as possible, a word formed in the late 18th century from Greek dus- ‘bad’, as if More had formed the word from Greek eu- ‘good’. Cacotopia or kakotopia (early 19th century) are less popular alternatives to dystopia. Topia has recently come to be used as a combining form for new words such as ecotopia, an ideal ecological world; motopia, a slightly misleading term as it means an ideal world where the use of cars is limited; pornotopia, the ideal setting for pornography; queuetopia, a far from ideal world of long queues; and subtopia, the ideal suburban world. Definition of utopia in US English: utopia nounyo͞oˈtōpēəjuˈtoʊpiə An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. misplaced faith in political utopias has led to ruin Compare with dystopia a romantic vision of Utopia Example sentencesExamples His failure to understand human aspirations made utopias hard to find. People seem to regard Fire Island as a utopia, and it's not hard to discern why. Scholars suggest that all Utopias since Plato have been but variations of the model provided by Plato, possibly with the exception of that portrayed in the teachings of Jesus. The utopia that the settlers sought always remained beyond their grasp. Hence the long and sad history of various utopias, of ‘ideal’ political systems, and of men and women who really did believe themselves to be fully in control of their destinies. A utopia is not a portrait of the real world, or of the actual political or social order. The social utopia you crave is an anathema to a majority. "Brooklyn's a place that has taken on an identity as this sort of creative utopia," Butler said. In many Utopias, including that of Sir Thomas More and the Utopian communities of William Lane in Paraguay, divine peace and justice would only be achieved by a strong central authority with the power to oversee all aspects of society. Many scholars have made a Utopia from an egalitarian society in which coteries of artists wined and dined their rich and enlightened patrons. Predictably enough, a murder-free utopia soon starts to look mighty dystopic. Education, Democracy and thus high taxation are necessary parts of what I imagine to be utopia. He wanted to create an ideal city, an urban utopia, and wrote the charter for it. His stories were dreams of technological utopias in which nightmares of personal and political dystopia were played out. These meetings put into practice and hold out hope for a utopia based not on economic but spiritual prosperity. Something strange happened on the road to our much-celebrated post-industrial utopia. Some £110 bn has been spent on the area since the socialist utopia vanished. Wilson sought to achieve a utopia, in which all nations would adhere strictly to moral principles. In utopia, every citizen has immediate access to the appropriate specialist for medical consultation. No utopias have been enduringly successful. Synonyms ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, eden, garden of eden, shangri-la, elysium, the elysian fields, happy valley, seventh heaven, idyll, nirvana, bliss Origin Mid 16th century: based on Greek ou ‘not’ + topos ‘place’; the word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.
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