Utopia
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.
Origin of Utopia
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How to use Utopia in a sentence
And the capital city is a veritable Utopia of acceptance and integration.
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is building a tech Utopia out of the rubble of downtown Las Vegas.
A Tech Millionaire Bets on the Urban Revival of Downtown Las Vegas | Sarah Kunst | January 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFounded as a Utopia where possessions, childcare, and love were communal, traditional family structures were banned.
He was so disappointed with communism that he decided that the Khomeini Utopia was the right one!
The Politics of Literature: An interview with Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa | Michael Moynihan | October 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUtopia for Beginners Joshua Foer, The New Yorker An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented.
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Their dominion was an Utopia; and had it been possible to shut out every European and every wild Indian, it might have lasted.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamWithin a few hours friendly relations had been established between the natives and the readers of Utopia.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsHe was on a planet that seemed, at first glance, to be a Utopia.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyMore actually wrote to Warham and to another friend that the Utopia had been printed without his knowledge.
The Age of Erasmus | P. S. AllenUtopia I know is very rich in splendid scenery, but unfortunately it partakes much of the nature of the mirage.
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British Dictionary definitions for Utopia
/ (juːˈtəʊpɪə) /
(sometimes not capital) any real or imaginary society, place, state, etc, considered to be perfect or ideal
Origin of Utopia
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for 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.”
Notes for Utopia
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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