Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fanciful style of mural decoration, generally consisting of landscapes of a very heterogeneous character, resembling those of the Chinese, much used in ancient Roman houses.
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Examples
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There are loads of psycho-sociological reasons that just the Eighties dystopia is seen as all dys and no topia, but comparing decades is so pointless, let's leave it at this: like every other artificially bracketed era in New York history, the Eighties were fine.
Peter Mehlman: 80's New York Peter Mehlman 2011
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There are loads of psycho-sociological reasons that just the Eighties dystopia is seen as all dys and no topia, but comparing decades is so pointless, let's leave it at this: like every other artificially bracketed era in New York history, the Eighties were fine.
Peter Mehlman: 80's New York Peter Mehlman 2011
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As more cities start to realise the benefits of using technology to improve areas as diverse as healthcare, education and crime prevention, we are beginning to edge closer to a more socially inclusive e-topia
Using technology to improve society Glenda Cooper 2010
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As a filmmaker and someone who works with a computer all day, my time in the sky, riding a bus, walking down the street, and sitting in a cafe are reserved for observing the world around me or escaping the techno-topia that many people have fooled themselves into believing is the real world.
Logging On and Tuning In at 40,000 Feet - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In fact, I'm getting ready to read his story "Me-topia" in Rich Horton's Best of the Year Anthology.
Book Spotting: The Blade Itself & River of Gods Lou Anders 2007
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According to this charge, then, Plato's ideal constitution is a nowhere-utopia (ou-topia = “no place”).
Plato's Ethics and Politics in The Republic Brown, Eric 2009
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Utopia or dystopia; is there a word for a -topia where baldness is an issue, where kids get frustrated with their parents, where one waits in long lines to renew a drivers license?
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Utopia or dystopia; is there a word for a -topia where baldness is an issue, where kids get frustrated with their parents, where one waits in long lines to renew a drivers license?
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On the first Taste page, back in 1998, we registered our judgment on MTV's "Spring Break" -- "a 24-hour bimbo-topia."
Taste Turns 10 2008
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The choice of Sen. Clinton for State more so reflects a desire to know what is perceived as the hidden: something about former President Clinton's travels throughout philanthro-topia, the collection of foundation-bound money from numerous non-American and very Middle Eastern sources bothers the President-elect.
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