Utopian
[ yoo-toh-pee-uhn ]
/ yuˈtoʊ pi ən /
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.
noun
an inhabitant of Utopia.
(usually lowercase) an ardent but impractical political or social reformer; visionary; idealist.
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Utopian
/ (juːˈtəʊpɪən) sometimes not capital /
adjective
of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence
noun
an idealistic social reformer
Derived FormsUtopianism, noun
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Word Origin and History for utopian
utopian
1550s, with reference to More's fictional country; 1610s as "extravagantly ideal, impossibly visionary," from utopia + -ian. As a noun meaning "visionary idealist" it is first recorded c.1873 (earlier in this sense was utopiast, 1854).
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