utopia
A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmonyA world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
» Finland is no utopia.
Finnland ist keine Utopie.
Финляндия – это не утопия.
Финляндия не утопия.
Фінляндія — це не утопія.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
Utopie
уто́пияutópija
утопіяutopija
- an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
- a work of fiction describing a utopia
- a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island
- ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects
Examples
9 sentencesFinland is no utopia.
Фінляндія — це не утопія.
ruФинляндия – это не утопия.
deFinnland ist keine Utopie.
His book is full of utopias.
It was by no means a utopia.
Take my hand. The two of us are going to construct a utopia.
Візьми мою руку. Ми вдвох збудуємо утопію.
ruВозьми мою руку. Мы вдвоём построим утопию.
It's an ominous sign that only dystopias, not utopias, are being written lately.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socioFrom New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.
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Forms
plural: utopia / utopias / utopiaeSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
34 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable