utopian

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See also: Utopian

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utopia +‎ -an

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  • (General American) IPA(key): /juˈtoʊpi.ən/
  • (file)

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utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)

  1. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
    utopian happiness
  2. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
    a utopian project
    Synonym: utopic
    Antonym: dystopian

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utopian (plural utopians)

  1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
    • 1941, Arthur Kissam Train, The Story of Everyday Things, Harper & Brothers, page 390:
      One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include “feelies” and “smellies.”
    • 2007 June 29, Michiko Kakutani, “The Cult of the Amateur”, in New York Times[2]:
      Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 [] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees.

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utopian

  1. genitive singular of utopia

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