Utopian

[ yoo-toh-pee-uhn ]
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling Utopia, an idealized imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516).

  2. (usually lowercase) founded upon or involving idealized perfection.

  1. (usually lowercase) given to impractical or unrealistic schemes of such perfection.

noun
  1. an inhabitant of Utopia.

  2. (usually lowercase) an ardent but impractical political or social reformer; visionary; idealist.

Origin of Utopian

1
First recorded in 1545–55; from New Latin Ūtopiānus; see origin at Utopia, -an

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British Dictionary definitions for Utopian

Utopian

/ (juːˈtəʊpɪən) sometimes not capital /


adjective
  1. of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence

noun
  1. an idealistic social reformer

Derived forms of Utopian

  • Utopianism, noun

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