Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, describing or having the characteristics of a Utopia.
- adjective Excellent or ideal but impracticable; visionary.
- adjective Proposing impracticably ideal schemes.
- noun A zealous but impractical reformer of human society.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling Utopia.
- [lowercase] Founded upon or involving imaginary or ideal perfection; chimerical.
- [lowercase] Belonging to no locality: as, “titular and utopian bishops,”
- noun An inhabitant of Utopia.
- noun [lowercase] One who forms or favors schemes supposed to lead to a state of perfect happiness, justice, virtue, etc.; an ardent but impractical political or social reformer; an optimist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections.
- noun An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Ideal but oftenimpractical ;visionary . - adjective of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
- noun Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a
utopia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
- adjective characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection
- noun an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer
Etymologies
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Examples
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Marx and Engels distinguished their scientific socialism from what they termed the utopian socialism of some other socialist trends.
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Marx and Engels distinguished their scientific socialism from what they termed the utopian socialism of some other socialist trends.
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Marx and Engels distinguished their scientific socialism from what they termed the utopian socialism of some other socialist trends.
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The artist's interest in utopian societies and the ways in which architecture can reflect belief systems inspired these organic yet repetitive drawings.
Spotlight On Melissa Manfull's Mystic Geometry On View At Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2010
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The artist's interest in utopian societies and the ways in which architecture can reflect belief systems inspired these organic yet repetitive drawings.
Spotlight On Melissa Manfull's Mystic Geometry On View At Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2010
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The artist's interest in utopian societies and the ways in which architecture can reflect belief systems inspired these organic yet repetitive drawings.
Spotlight On Melissa Manfull's Mystic Geometry On View At Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2010
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The artist's interest in utopian societies and the ways in which architecture can reflect belief systems inspired these organic yet repetitive drawings.
Spotlight On Melissa Manfull's Mystic Geometry On View At Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The transition in utopian studies is detailed in the essay (“Utopianism and Joanna Baillie: A Preface to Converging Revolutions”) introducing this Praxis volume.
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You call it utopian meritocracy Vance, I call it Hollywood inbreeding.
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Unlike the fascist Cancerian, the Aquarian seeks relief in utopian day dreaming.
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