utopia

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From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, not) + τόπος (tópos, place, region) + -ία (-ía).[1] Compare English topos and -ia.

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utopia (countable and uncountable, plural utopia or utopias or utopiae)

  1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
    • 1945, Chimera: A Literary Quarterly, page 22:
      Errors in time must be kept in mind when analyzing myths and utopiae. Utopiae are merely projections, on a less personal and wider scale, of Cinderella’s longing for a happy future.
    • 1959, Civilisations, page 426:
      « Some peoples of Central or South Africa have conceived downright utopiae which enable them to build up a reality more tolerable than that in which they have to live daily ».
    • 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131:
      As everyone knows, almost all booked passenger and freight trains are diagrammed into rosters for engines and men, and in an operating Utopia everything would work out daily according to plan.
    • 1974, The Chesterton Review, page 262:
      Efficiency for the sake of efficiency, unchallenged authority conferred upon those who know well a few things and ignore everything else, disdain for the ordinary and humble elements that introduce happiness in our lives, worship of unattainable utopiae, are some of the features of the scheme which leads inevitably to the suppression of the eternal gifts bestowed by God upon every human person and to the frightful prospect of being ruled by what he vividly names “the Empire of the Insect.”
    • 1979, Ian Scott-Kilvert, editor, British Writers, →ISBN, page 242:
      Orwell had correctly seen that the achievement of Wells’s ideas would be far from the frivolity of “Utopiae full of nude women” and visions of “super garden cities.”
    • 1979, Folk-lore, page 118:
      An interesting observation is that folk verses while talking of high standards of morality refer only to precedent generations and not to would-be utopiae, which in fact would rule out the possibility of evolution of a civilization absent before.
    • 1995, Cynthia Robinson, Palace Architecture and Ornament in the "Courtly" Discourse of the Muluk Al-tawaʻif: Metaphor and Utopia, pages 96, 326, and 582:
      According to his model, palace and poetry function in tandem in order to communicate to an audience the ideas of utopiae of power, victory, eternity, and perfection. [] The ruins function, not as an evocation of past civilizations, but as the setting for the poet's dallying and revelry in youthful pleasures; his "noble companions" (probably Christians, given the reference to the length of their hair) are subjugated to the length of their pleasure, a reference to the "stopping of time", one of the utopiae out of which was constructed the licentious world of the khamriyya. [] I believe that these two utopiae are related to a profound consciousness, on the part of taifa royalty and courtiers, of the particular mutability of their reality: []
    • 2006, Können uns und euch und niemand helfen, →ISBN, page 121:
      So in order to conclude, how can we combine all these different aspects of the characteristic cross-relationship of negative and positive utopiae which are to be understood as counter projects to what there actually is?
    • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly[1], volume 188, number 22, page 30:
      As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

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Terms derived from utopia

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Catalan

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Noun

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utopia f (plural utopies)

  1. utopia

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From utopio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [utoˈpia]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

Adjective

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utopia

  1. utopian

Finnish

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Etymology

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From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, not, no) + τόπος (tópos, place, region).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈutopiɑ/, [ˈut̪o̞ˌpiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): u‧to‧pi‧a

Noun

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utopia

  1. utopia

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Inflection of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative utopia utopiat
genitive utopian utopioiden
utopioitten
partitive utopiaa utopioita
illative utopiaan utopioihin
singular plural
nominative utopia utopiat
accusative nom. utopia utopiat
gen. utopian
genitive utopian utopioiden
utopioitten
utopiain rare
partitive utopiaa utopioita
inessive utopiassa utopioissa
elative utopiasta utopioista
illative utopiaan utopioihin
adessive utopialla utopioilla
ablative utopialta utopioilta
allative utopialle utopioille
essive utopiana utopioina
translative utopiaksi utopioiksi
abessive utopiatta utopioitta
instructive utopioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative utopiani utopiani
accusative nom. utopiani utopiani
gen. utopiani
genitive utopiani utopioideni
utopioitteni
utopiaini rare
partitive utopiaani utopioitani
inessive utopiassani utopioissani
elative utopiastani utopioistani
illative utopiaani utopioihini
adessive utopiallani utopioillani
ablative utopialtani utopioiltani
allative utopialleni utopioilleni
essive utopianani utopioinani
translative utopiakseni utopioikseni
abessive utopiattani utopioittani
instructive
comitative utopioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative utopiasi utopiasi
accusative nom. utopiasi utopiasi
gen. utopiasi
genitive utopiasi utopioidesi
utopioittesi
utopiaisi rare
partitive utopiaasi utopioitasi
inessive utopiassasi utopioissasi
elative utopiastasi utopioistasi
illative utopiaasi utopioihisi
adessive utopiallasi utopioillasi
ablative utopialtasi utopioiltasi
allative utopiallesi utopioillesi
essive utopianasi utopioinasi
translative utopiaksesi utopioiksesi
abessive utopiattasi utopioittasi
instructive
comitative utopioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative utopiamme utopiamme
accusative nom. utopiamme utopiamme
gen. utopiamme
genitive utopiamme utopioidemme
utopioittemme
utopiaimme rare
partitive utopiaamme utopioitamme
inessive utopiassamme utopioissamme
elative utopiastamme utopioistamme
illative utopiaamme utopioihimme
adessive utopiallamme utopioillamme
ablative utopialtamme utopioiltamme
allative utopiallemme utopioillemme
essive utopianamme utopioinamme
translative utopiaksemme utopioiksemme
abessive utopiattamme utopioittamme
instructive
comitative utopioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative utopianne utopianne
accusative nom. utopianne utopianne
gen. utopianne
genitive utopianne utopioidenne
utopioittenne
utopiainne rare
partitive utopiaanne utopioitanne
inessive utopiassanne utopioissanne
elative utopiastanne utopioistanne
illative utopiaanne utopioihinne
adessive utopiallanne utopioillanne
ablative utopialtanne utopioiltanne
allative utopiallenne utopioillenne
essive utopiananne utopioinanne
translative utopiaksenne utopioiksenne
abessive utopiattanne utopioittanne
instructive
comitative utopioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative utopiansa utopiansa
accusative nom. utopiansa utopiansa
gen. utopiansa
genitive utopiansa utopioidensa
utopioittensa
utopiainsa rare
partitive utopiaansa utopioitaan
utopioitansa
inessive utopiassaan
utopiassansa
utopioissaan
utopioissansa
elative utopiastaan
utopiastansa
utopioistaan
utopioistansa
illative utopiaansa utopioihinsa
adessive utopiallaan
utopiallansa
utopioillaan
utopioillansa
ablative utopialtaan
utopialtansa
utopioiltaan
utopioiltansa
allative utopialleen
utopiallensa
utopioilleen
utopioillensa
essive utopianaan
utopianansa
utopioinaan
utopioinansa
translative utopiakseen
utopiaksensa
utopioikseen
utopioiksensa
abessive utopiattaan
utopiattansa
utopioittaan
utopioittansa
instructive
comitative utopioineen
utopioinensa

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Italian

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Etymology

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From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, not, no) + τόπος (tópos, place, region).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /u.toˈpi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: u‧to‧pì‧a

Noun

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utopia f (plural utopie)

  1. utopia
    Antonym: distopia

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Further reading

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  • utopia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French utopie, from New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system, in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, not, no) + τόπος (tópos, place, region).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈtɔ.pja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔpja
  • Syllabification: u‧to‧pia

Noun

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utopia f

  1. utopia
    Synonym: mrzonka

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adjectives
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Further reading

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  • utopia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • utopia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, not, no) + τόπος (tópos, place, region).

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  • Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

Noun

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utopia f (plural utopias)

  1. utopia
    Antonym: distopia

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