utopianism

American  

[yoo-toh-pee-uh-niz-uhm] / yuˈtoʊ pi əˌnɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.

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Other Word Forms

• utopianist noun

Etymology

Origin of utopianism

First recorded in 1655–65; utopian + -ism

Example Sentences

So utopianism has been there since the beginning.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023

Neither spiritual nor social utopianism fared well in the 20th century.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

That kind of utopianism had significant resonance in 19th-century America, but one singular expression of it, Christian socialist William Bellamy's 1888 novel, "Looking Backward: 2000-1887," played a particularly significant role.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2022

The Mad Max framing that shaped so much prepping discourse still exists, but it’s now surrounded by other approaches that might import a little more utopianism into traditionally dystopian thinking.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2022

The utopianism which evinces itself in this doubt may be depended upon to betray itself elsewhere in the views of the doubters.

From Socialism: Positive and Negative by La Monte, Robert Rives