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- [dis-toh-pee-uh]
- /dɪsˈtoʊ pi ə/
- /dɪsˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dis-toh-pee-uh]
- /dɪsˈtoʊ pi ə/
Definitions of dystopia word
- noun dystopia a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. 1
- noun dystopia An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. 1
- noun dystopia an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be 0
- noun dystopia a hypothetical place, society, or situation in which conditions and the quality of life are dreadful 0
- noun dystopia a novel or other work depicting a dystopian society or place 0
- noun dystopia A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society. 0
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Origin of dystopia
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; dys- + (U)topia
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Parts of speech for Dystopia
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dystopia popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dystopia usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dystopia
noun dystopia
- antiutopia — dystopia.
- apocalypse — The apocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world.
Antonyms for dystopia
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