DYSTOPIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does dystopia mean? • DYSTOPIA (noun)
The noun DYSTOPIA has 2 senses:
1. state in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
2. a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
Familiarity information: DYSTOPIA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DYSTOPIA (noun)
Meaning:
State in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dystopia" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Antonym:
utopia (ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects)
Meaning:
A work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dystopia" is a kind of...):
fiction (a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact)
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