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Utopian
[ yoo-toh-pee-uhn ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling Utopia, an idealized imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516).
- (usually lowercase) founded upon or involving idealized perfection.
- (usually lowercase) given to impractical or unrealistic schemes of such perfection.
Synonyms: impracticable, impractical, idealistic, visionary
noun
- an inhabitant of Utopia.
- (usually lowercase) an ardent but impractical political or social reformer; visionary; idealist.
Utopian
/ juːˈtəʊpɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence
noun
- an idealistic social reformer
Derived Forms
- Uˈtopianˌism, noun
Word History and Origins
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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