Dystopia Definition

dĭs-tōpē-ə
dystopias
noun
dystopias
A hypothetical place, society, or situation in which conditions and the quality of life are dreadful.
Webster's New World
A novel or other work depicting a dystopian society or place.
Webster's New World

A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.

Wiktionary
(medicine) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.
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Other Word Forms of Dystopia

Noun

Singular:
dystopia
Plural:
dystopias

Origin of Dystopia

  • Coined from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus, “bad”) + τόπος (topos, “place, region”) on model of dys- +‎ utopia (retaining stem, removing u- prefix).

    From Wiktionary

  • dys– (u)topia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dystopia Sentence Examples

  • A dystopia, takes what seems perfect and erases freedom.

  • Stories have been set in Asia, Russia, Nigeria, a future dystopia, wartime London, and 19th Century New Zealand.

  • In 1997, McGregor created The Millennarium, a seventy minute vision of a futuristic dystopia.

  • We'll all be living in a Rupert Murdoch owned totalitarian dystopia by then anyway!

  • Taking place at an undetermined amount of time after the Black Mesa catastrophe, a mysterious and chilling new foe called the Combine have taken control of the planet and altered it to their liking, creating the dystopia around you.

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Words Starting With

DDYDYS

Words Ending With

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Words Starting With D and Ending With A

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