dystopia

The definition of a dystopia is an imaginary place where the state of being is very bad or oppressive, the opposite of a utopia.

(noun)

An example of a dystopia is the world imagined in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.

See dystopia in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

☆ a hypothetical place, society, or situation in which conditions and the quality of life are dreadful
a novel or other work depicting a dystopian society or place

Origin: dys- + (U)topia

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See dystopia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
A work describing such a place or state: “dystopias such as Brave New World” (Times Literary Supplement).

Origin:

Origin: dys-

Origin: + (u)topia

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