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

Derived Forms

• utopianist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of utopianism

First recorded in 1655–65; utopian + -ism

Example Sentences

“The CSN generation found in the band both spokesmen and representatives: The singers’ slightly weary Utopianism, their bucolic fantasies and their songs about love and losses, reflected the inward turning of an aging youth culture.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

Utopianism was not the only driving force behind the civil rights movement, of course.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2022

The back-and-forth of cold Utopianism and hot Volk-worship continues to this day.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017

Utopianism is like the manifesto we would write if no one were watching, if all the rules could be rewritten by just one, benevolent dicatator.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2016

Half of it was merely clerical work, and the other half was agitators' Utopianism of the cheapest variety.

From The New Society by Windham, Arthur