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DYSTOPIAN

Dictionary entry overview: What does dystopian mean?

• DYSTOPIAN (adjective)
The adjective DYSTOPIAN has 2 senses:

1. of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia
2. as bad as can be; characterized by human misery

Familiarity information: DYSTOPIAN used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DYSTOPIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

dystopia (state in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

As bad as can be; characterized by human misery

Context example:

AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages

Antonym:

utopian (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection)

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