dystopic
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- adjective
- /dɪsˈtoʊpɪk/
- Literature
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distópico
- Many critics hailed the film as a brilliant portrayal of a dystopic world plagued by oppression and despair.
- dystopic world
- dystopic future
And we're in, you know, some version of that dystopic reality that's unfolding in real time amongst us.
- And we're in, you know, some version of that dystopic reality that's unfolding in real time amongst us.
Examples
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It features videos from Ms. Streep and Sarah Silverman, a near-future dystopic version of the Daily Planet, and more.
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The movie depicted a dystopic society where citizens lived in constant fear of surveillance.
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This went to a very dark, dystopic level.
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Here in America, you could be living a utopian or dystopic life depending on your status and circumstances.
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Should we find a way to manage the risks and avoid dystopic outcomes, our far future looks astonishingly bright.
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It's a dystopic juxtaposition: the desperate old paired with the horrible new.
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And we're in, you know, some version of that dystopic reality that's unfolding in real time amongst us.
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The exodus of more and more life activities from physical into digital felt not like "progress," but rather as if a dystopic sci-fi plot was taking over the world in real time.
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Subsequently, he called for technological relinquishment—a kind of neo-Luddism intended to prevent dystopic outcomes and outright human extinction.
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Within postmodernism, perhaps the only alternative to the games of mirrors of metafiction is cyberpunk, a blend of science fiction and dystopic anticipation spiked with themes of contemporary counterculture.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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A society, often in the future, where people suffer under cruel rule
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About a society with constant spying, heavy propaganda and no personal freedom
Antonyms
How Dystopian
Surface Forms
Morphology
dystopic = dystopia (transparent) = dys + top + ic
The adjective 'dystopic' is clearly derived from the noun 'dystopia' with the addition of the suffix '-ic'.
Etymology
Dystopic comes from Greek parts dys- 'bad' and topos 'place', and is the opposite of utopia. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'bad place' or future world where people suffer, which is why dystopic describes cruel or unfair societies.