Utopian
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- noun
- /juˈtoʊpiən/
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utopista
- As a Utopian, she imagined a world where everyone lived in harmony and shared resources equally.
But the biggest trouble are all these utopians, the communists, the fascists, and there's the group defending democracy, he says.
- But the biggest trouble are all these utopians, the communists, the fascists, and there's the group defending democracy, he says.
Examples
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They were the technological utopians who were rising up on the West Coast of America.
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I am willing to admit freely that I admire the efforts of the revolutionaries, idealists, and utopians who brought the town south with them during Reconstruction.
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So this is a very concrete goal, but is it just a utopian dream or can this actually be built?
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But like that's a that is a utopian idea to me, sadly.
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The ever handy, wonderful utopian Scandinavians.
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Still, Utopian as the criterion is, I think its moral implications remain pretty obvious.
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My point is socialism is a utopian dream that's failed.
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But now, the computer utopians saw, in cyberspace, an alternative reality.
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Blanca, my dear, you're a true Utopian.
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Many of those same Western thinkers also admire the antibourgeois sentiments of nineteenth-century utopians and twentieth-century revolutionaries.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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A person who follows strong beliefs rather than practical needs
Compounds
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A belief that people can live equally by forming ideal communities and cooperating without revolution
How Idealistic
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Utopian (a person) is named after Utopia, which comes from Greek ou- 'no' and topos 'place' and meant an imagined perfect place that does not exist. That is why a Utopian is someone who dreams of a perfect society and may be seen as unrealistic.