utopia

CEFRB2

/juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An imagined perfect society where everyone is happy and treated fairly.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Alternative letter-case form of utopia.

Examples

  • Take my hand. The two of us are going to construct a utopia.

  • Take my hand. We'll build a utopia, you and me.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

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In context

  • Finland is no utopia.

  • « 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 ».

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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). Compare English topos and -ia.