utopian

See also: Utopian

English

Etymology

utopia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juˈtoʊpi.ən/

Adjective

utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)

1. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.

   a utopian project

   Synonym: utopic

   Antonym: dystopian

2. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.

   utopian happiness

Synonyms

• unrealistic

Antonyms

• imperfect, pragmatic, realistic

Derived terms

• antiutopian
• cyberutopian
• nonutopian
• utopianise, utopianize
• utopianism
• utopianist
• utopianistic
• utopianly
• utopian socialism

 

Related terms

• utopic

Translations

ideal but often impractical; visionary

• Catalan: utòpic
• Czech: utopický
• Danish: utopisk
• Dutch: utopisch (nl)
• Georgian: უტოპიური (uṭoṗiuri)
• German: utopisch (de)
• Greek: ουτοπικός (el) (outopikós)
• Irish: útóipeach
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• Lithuanian: utopiškas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utopisk

  Nynorsk: utopisk

• Russian: утопи́ческий (ru) (utopíčeskij)
• Spanish: utópico (es)

Noun

utopian (plural utopians)

1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
   • 2007 June 29, Michiko Kakutani, “The Cult of the Amateur”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Anagrams

• opuntia

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Finnish

Noun

utopian

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of utopia

Anagrams

• opuntia