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Utopian

[ yoo-toh-pee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling Utopia, an idealized imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516).
  2. (usually lowercase) founded upon or involving idealized perfection.
  3. (usually lowercase) given to impractical or unrealistic schemes of such perfection.

    Synonyms: impracticable, impractical, idealistic, visionary



noun

  1. an inhabitant of Utopia.
  2. (usually lowercase) an ardent but impractical political or social reformer; visionary; idealist.

Utopian

/ juːˈtəʊpɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an idealistic social reformer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Uˈtopianˌism, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Utopian1

First recorded in 1545–55; from New Latin Ūtopiānus; Utopia, -an
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Example Sentences

Petro Poroshenko proposes a utopian solution to the problem.

“Only in retrospect did we appreciate our good fortune in being part of a utopian experiment in American journalism,” she writes.

When you were setting out to work on The Giver, what planted the seed for this dark, utopian society?

He calls the proposal “utopian,” and that is probably generous.

An economy that could help us be better than that is possible, not utopian.

Instead of this, he embarked the money in some Utopian scheme for pearl fishing at Panama, and lost all!

This was in itself a Utopian experience for Thyrsis, who had never before taken a trip in one of these magic chariots.

Moreover, these Utopian Socialists were almost without exception Freemasons or members of other secret societies.

What utopian dreams were whispered into ears into which the eddying waters were intoning a refrain!

But the Socialists of to-day have nothing in common with such Utopian ideas as those I have described.

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