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dystopian

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dys·to·pi·a

[dis-toh-pee-uh]
noun
a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
Compare utopia.


Origin:
1865–70; dys- + (u)topia

dys·to·pi·an, adjective
dys·to·pi·an·ism, noun
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  • What's behind the dystopian trend in novels for teenagers, and why is there so much demand for.
  • Even dystopian visions of the future predicted leaps of technology and social organization that leave our era in the dust.
  • Fray allows you to wield gigantic rocket launchers and grenades as you storm around a desolate dystopian future.
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dystopia (dɪsˈtəʊpɪə)
 
n
an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be
 
[C19 (coined by John Stuart Mill): from dys- + Utopia]
 
dys'topian
 
adj, —n

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Word Origin & History

dystopia
"imaginary bad place," 1868, in writings of J.S. Mill, from Gk. dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys-) + utopia. Related: Dystopian.
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Medical Dictionary

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.

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