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Utopia
[ yoo-toh-pee-uh ]
noun
- an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- (usually lowercase) an ideal place or state.
- (usually lowercase) any visionary system of political or social perfection.
Utopia
/ juːˈtəʊpɪə /
noun
- sometimes not capital any real or imaginary society, place, state, etc, considered to be perfect or ideal
Utopia
- (1516) A book by Sir Thomas More that describes an imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering. The expression utopia is coined from Greek words and means “no place.”
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And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is building a tech utopia out of the rubble of downtown Las Vegas.
Founded as a utopia where possessions, childcare, and love were communal, traditional family structures were banned.
He was so disappointed with communism that he decided that the Khomeini utopia was the right one!
Utopia for Beginners Joshua Foer, The New Yorker An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented.
Their dominion was an Utopia; and had it been possible to shut out every European and every wild Indian, it might have lasted.
Within a few hours friendly relations had been established between the natives and the readers of Utopia.
He was on a planet that seemed, at first glance, to be a utopia.
More actually wrote to Warham and to another friend that the Utopia had been printed without his knowledge.
Utopia I know is very rich in splendid scenery, but unfortunately it partakes much of the nature of the mirage.
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