utopian vision
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- noun
- /juˈtoʊpiən ˈvɪʒən/
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visión utópica
- What we can do, and have done, is entertain utopian visions.
It is a supremely utopian vision of war.
- It is a supremely utopian vision of war.
- We usually spoke of democracy in distress with an utopian eye and a utopian vision.
- Because if you have a utopian vision that a utopian society is possible, we, we need to find a way to get there.
Examples
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Leshem hopes to bring together the country's battle-scarred past with a utopian vision of its future.
Academic text (2001) -
Some of the most gifted minds of an era create compelling utopian visions, which can be beneficial or detrimental.
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You both believe in a Utopian vision that will never happen.
Blog text (30) -
So it is no different from the argument against any utopian vision.
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Before discussing this utopian vision, it is necessary to define three more terms on which my argument will rely.
Academic text (1990) -
Can such a claim function as part of the utopian vision for modern Americans, even those of liberal leanings?
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The reason this utopian vision should interest us lies in the discursive pattern it represents.
Academic text (1990) -
When we move on to the twentieth century, we find further examples of utopian vision under still different guises.
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Utopian visions portray the general characteristics of an ideal society and often emerge from distaste for the status quo.
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She has always dreamed of a utopian vision where everyone lives in peace and harmony.
Synonyms
An overly optimistic view that ignores real problems
Antonyms
- Literature
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A society where people are controlled and have few personal freedoms
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from the adjective 'utopian' (idealistic, impractical) modifying 'vision' (an imagined or planned image), so the phrase denotes an idealized or unrealistic imagined future in a straightforward way. This is a simple adjective+noun composition found across languages and follows normal semantic combination patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to learners who know both words.
Etymology
Utopian vision comes from the name 'Utopia', a famous story about an imagined perfect place, and the words utopian and vision. Utopian links to that 'Utopia' idea and vision means a clear picture in the mind. So a utopian vision is a picture of a 'perfect' future that many people see as 'unrealistic'.