dystopia
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The looking-glass image of utopia -- dystopia -- has provided more numerous additions to the English lexicon.
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- noun An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
- noun A work describing such a place or state: "dystopias such as Brave New World” (Times Literary Supplement).
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The looking-glass image of utopia -- dystopia -- has provided more numerous additions to the English lexicon.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4 - The corporate dystopia is a traditional theme in SF. — Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- I recently learned a fancy word that describes my world: dystopia, which is the opposite of utopia. — Devil'sBargain
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Halahala can be called a dystopia, but Appupen refuses to tag his creation ..
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The second game also takes place in the underwater dystopia which is Rapture, but a few years after the events in the first game.
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- dys- + (u)topia.
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/ (dĭs-tōˈpē-ə)/
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