dystopian

English

Etymology

From dystopia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /dIs."t@(U).pi.Vn/
• IPA: /dɪs.ˈto(ʊ).pi.ʌn/

Adjective

dystopian (comparative more dystopian, superlative most dystopian)

1. of or pertaining to a dystopia
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     If Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games turns up on middle-school curricula 50 years from now—and as accessible dystopian science fiction with allusions to early-21st-century strife, that isn’t out of the question—the lazy students of the future can be assured that they can watch the movie version and still get better than a passing grade.

2. dire; characterized by human suffering or misery

Translations

pertaining to a dystopia

• French: dystopique (fr), contre-utopique (fr), dystopiste (fr), contre-utopiste (fr)

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Finnish

Noun

dystopian

1. Genitive singular form of dystopia.