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Utopia
[ yoo-toh-pee-uh ]
noun
- an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- (usually lowercase) an ideal place or state.
- (usually lowercase) any visionary system of political or social perfection.
Utopia
/ juːˈtəʊpɪə /
noun
- sometimes not capital any real or imaginary society, place, state, etc, considered to be perfect or ideal
Utopia
- (1516) A book by Sir Thomas More that describes an imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering. The expression utopia is coined from Greek words and means “no place.”
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By extension, a “utopia” is any ideal state.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Utopia1
C16: from New Latin Utopia (coined by Sir Thomas More in 1516 as the title of his book that described an imaginary island representing the perfect society), literally: no place, from Greek ou not + topos a place
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