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DYSTOPIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dystopian mean? 

DYSTOPIAN (adjective)
  The adjective DYSTOPIAN has 2 senses:

1. of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopiaplay

2. as bad as can be; characterized by human miseryplay

  Familiarity information: DYSTOPIAN used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DYSTOPIAN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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


Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

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


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