dystopian
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8.3
- adjective
- /dɪsˈtoʊpiən/
- Literature
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distópico
- So, I'm currently writing this pilot about these teens with mystical powers living in a dystopian society.
- dystopian fiction
- dystopian novel
- dystopian literature
It it's like one of those dystopian New York movies.
- It it's like one of those dystopian New York movies.
- Now, I know this sounds dystopian, but it's not the future.
- This book in this like dystopian world, you can't abort children.
- Like it's like a nuclear dystopian wasteland.
- For a man made feature dystopian hellscape, I'd watch the sitcom.
- Oh, man, feel like every game is just like dystopian nightmare.
- So this could go very wrong in the most dystopian way.
- I mean that if that's the future, well, it's going to be increasingly dystopian and terrifying.
- I mean, swarms of miniature killer robots are straight out of dystopian sci fi.
- Dystopian fiction rose because we were living in a actual dystopian reality.
- So most visions of the future we have or or dystopian, which really demotivates people.
- But here's a kind of dystopian scenario.
- There's just been way more than I think we need of dystopian films, post apocalyptic stories.
- They read like peak dystopian YA.
Examples
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Many envision a dystopian future where technology controls every aspect of human life.
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It's easy to imagine several dystopian futures that can arise from this.
Blog text (11) -
It's also possible that that world is dystopian because humans need meaning.
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The corporate world has a dystopian vision of our future that does not include the 1%.
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Among other things, it was set in a dystopian galaxy.
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But this sends a dystopian message.
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Why modern society would appear completely dystopian to a visitor from the past.
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Now, obviously, there's a dystopian side to this.
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Climate change is part of this dystopian picture: food scarcity is brought on partly by global warming.
Academic text (2018) -
Young adult author Scott Westerfeld explains the popularity of dystopian fiction among adolescents.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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9.9
About a society with constant spying, heavy propaganda and no personal freedom
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8.8
A society where people suffer and have little freedom
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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7.4
A society where people are controlled and have few personal freedoms
How Dystopian
Surface Forms
Morphology
dystopian = dystopia (transparent) = dys + topia + an
The adjective is a regular relational form built from the noun 'dystopia' with the suffix '-an', so its meaning is directly recoverable from the base word.
Etymology
Dystopian comes from the Greek parts dys- meaning 'bad' and topos meaning 'place', and it is the opposite of utopia. So, a dystopian world is a 'bad place'—often an imagined future where people suffer or live under strict control.