Utopia is an ideal or envisioned place of perfection.
(noun)An example of utopia is the book Shangri La by author James Hilton.
See Utopia in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ModL < Gr ou, not + topos, a place: see topic
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noun
Origin:
Origin: New Latin Ūtopia, imaginary island in Utopia by Sir Thomas More
Origin: : Greek ou, not, no; see aiw- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + Greek topos, place
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Utopia
See also society.
an imaginary place where the conditions and quality of life are unpleasant. The opposite of Utopia.
Icarianism
the precepts and opinions of Etienne Cabet and his followers, who settled communistic utopias in the U.S. during the 19th cent., as Nauvoo, Illinois (1849). —Icarian, n., adj.
kakotopia
a state in which the worst possible conditions exist in government, society, law, etc. Cf. Utopia.
1. name of an imaginary island; subject and title of a book by Sir Thomas More, that had a perfect political and social system.
2. (l.c.) any ideal place or situation.
1. the views and habits of mind of a visionary or idealist, sometimes beyond realization.
2. impracticable schemes of political and social reform. —utopian, utopianist, utopist, n., adj.
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