dystopia
noun
a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
dystopias
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pluralof dystopia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
Science fiction writers, for example, have long been interested in both utopias and dystopias, but those novels from Hyde, Bump and Korn were not presented strictly as science fiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
It's not even that they're better off in dystopias than utopias — they literally don't exist in utopias!
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
The best dystopias extrapolate issues in our society and make us see them more clearly by literalizing their metaphorical conceits.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Afrofuturist writers explore a language of dreams and dystopias that expresses our greatest hopes while boldly confronting our darkest fears.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022
