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.

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(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

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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

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