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dys⋅to⋅pi⋅a

  [dis-toh-pee-uh]
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–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
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dys·to·pi·an   (dĭs-tō'pē-ən)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to a dystopia.
  2. Dire; grim: "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global village" (Susan Sontag).
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