dystopias
- plural of dystopia.
Example Sentences
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Alternative histories, particularly dystopias, reflect their societies’ radical pessimism, as Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore suggested in 2017:
From Salon • May 17, 2025
There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
But in our current glut of movie dystopias, we’ve gotten away from that kind of immersive showmanship.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024
“I’m a bit of a sucker for science fiction, dystopias or thrillers,” he said.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023
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
