Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
dystopia
5 dictionary results for: dystopia
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dys·to·pi·a       [dis-toh-pee-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
Compare utopia.

[Origin: 1865–70; dys- + (u)topia]

—Related forms
dys·to·pi·an, adjective
dys·to·pi·an·ism, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dys·to·pi·a       (dĭs-tō'pē-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
  2. A work describing such a place or state: "dystopias such as Brave New World" (Times Literary Supplement).


[dys- + (u)topia.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dystopia 
"imaginary bad place," 1868, in writings of J.S. Mill, from Gk. dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys-) + (u)topia (q.v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
dystopia

noun
1. state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror [ant: utopia] 
2. a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

dystopia dys·to·pi·a (dĭs-tō'pē-ə)
n.
An abnormal position, as of an organ or a body part. Also called malposition.

dys·top'ic (-tŏp'ĭk) adj.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT
Share This:Share This: digg.comShare This: ma.gnolia.comShare This: www.stumbleupon.comShare This: del.icio.usShare This: FacebookShare This: favorites.live.comShare This: www.technorati.comShare This: furl.netShare This: myweb2.search.yahoo.comShare This: www.google.com