utopianism

[ yoo-toh-pee-uh-niz-uh m ]

/ yuˈtoʊ pi əˌnɪz əm /

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

QUIZZES

We salute you if you remember all the doovers from Word of the Day between May 25 and May 31!

Question 1 of 7

salute

1655–65; utopian + -ism

u·to·pi·an·ist, noun

Fourier made this the subject of a brilliant argument, although he ran into utopianism in the elaboration of his ideas.
Woman under socialism|August Bebel
It is by answering possible objections to Utopianism that I shall best be able to unfold Egeria's philosophy of education.
What Is and What Might Be|Edmond Holmes
Otherwise, indeed, it would only be a new kind of Utopianism.
Socialism|John Spargo
Half of it was merely clerical work, and the other half was agitators' Utopianism of the cheapest variety.
The New Society|Walther Rathenau

There will not be lacking critics to accuse us of Utopianism: but what is Utopia?
The Philippines A Century Hence|Jose Rizal