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

In 1995, British theorists Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron noticed a seemingly paradoxical blend of hyper-capitalist striving and hippie utopianism that had cropped up along the West Coast of the United States, particularly in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

From Salon

"The leading figures in the psychedelic renaissance have all fallen prey to a very simplistic utopianism."

From Salon

“Like Rick Doblin seriously saying that psychedelics would lead to net zero trauma by 2070. Michael Pollan, seriously believing that psychedelics are crucial to save the human race. That's how he ended his Netflix series. The leading figures in the psychedelic renaissance have all fallen prey to a very simplistic utopianism.”

From Salon

Evans says what this has led to is a kind of simplistic spiritual utopianism evangelized by many leaders of the modern psychedelic renaissance.

From Salon

So utopianism has been there since the beginning.

From Scientific American