dystopia
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or…A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.
» We live in a real dystopia.
Wir leben in einer wahren Dystopie.
Мы живём в настоящей антиутопии.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.
Dystopie, Mätopie, Anti-Utopie
антиуто́пияantiutópija, дисто́пияdistópija, дистопи́яdistopíja
антиуто́піяantyutópija
(countable, uncountable)Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.
- a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
- state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
Examples
6 sentencesWe live in a real dystopia.
ruМы живём в настоящей антиутопии.
deWir leben in einer wahren Dystopie.
I was especially passionate about dystopia novels.
It's an ominous sign that only dystopias, not utopias, are being written lately.
This dystopia is boring.
It's a dystopia.
deDas ist eine Antiutopie.
Translations
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Origin
From dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, reFrom dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia being reinterpreted as eu-topia.
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Forms
plural: dystopia / dystopias / dystopiaeSynonyms
6 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
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