dystopia
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dystopia
- /dɪsˈtəʊ.pi.ə/ UK
- /dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ə/ US
- /dɪsˈtəʉ.pi.ə/ Australia
- [dɪsˈtɐʉ.pi.ə] Australia
- /dəsˈtɐʉ.pi.ə/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -əʊpiə
Where it comes from
From dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia being reinterpreted as eu-topia.
noun dystopia · dystopias · dystopiae
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A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.
As novelist, he knows, too, that when he sees the future, it will not work—he will automatically be creating a “dystopia” (no one creates utopias any more: even the utopias of the past look like dystopias to us).
Similar: cacotopia, anti-utopia · Opposite: utopia
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Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.
Similar: ectopia, ectopy, heterotopia, malposition
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noun miserable society
| Español | distopía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 반이상향 banisanghyang, 디스토피아 diseutopia |
| 日本語 | 暗黒郷 ankokukyō, ディストピア disutopia |
| 中文 | 反烏托邦 /反乌托邦 fǎnwūtuōbāng, 敵托邦 /敌托邦 dítuōbāng |
| हिन्दी | रावणराज्य rāvaṇrājya |
| Português | distopia |
| Français | dystopie, contre-utopie |
| Deutsch | Dystopie, Mätopie, Anti-Utopie, Gegenutopie |
| Italiano | distopia |
| Ελληνικά | δυστοπία dystopía |
| Română | distopie |
| Русский | антиуто́пия antiutópija, дисто́пия distópija, дистопи́я distopíja |
| Tiếng Việt | phản địa đàng |
Talk about this word "dystopia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dystopia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dystopia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dystopia "dystopia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dystopia.Cite this
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title = {dystopia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dystopia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
