Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to a dystopia.
- adj. Dire; grim: "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global village” ( Susan Sontag).
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. as bad as can be; characterized by human misery
- adj. of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia
Etymologies
- From dystopia + -an. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Despite my deep interest in dystopian societies, I only read 1984 this year, I have just started Brave New World and I have never read Lord of the Flies.”
“I realized that he's right, it's easy to write (and think) in dystopian terms, and it's harder to be both optimistic and realistic -- or, inspiring, even -- about the future.”
“Magneto is the kind of character that is more commonly found in dystopian SciFi novels and more artist graphic novel offerings like the Watchmen.”
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“The outcome of the book, while almost overwhelmingly dystopian, is also the most fascinating perspective on the nature of humanity in a very long time.”
“Either it's possible to write (and film) non-awful dystopian fiction, or "awful dystopian" is redundant.”
“Part of what's called the dystopian genre, "Hunger Games" is set in a bleak futuristic world where the government forces teens to fight one another to the death as their parents look on, airs the battle on television and calls it a national holiday.”
“Never Let Me Go, which I'd describe as dystopian were it not for the fact that it is set in a wholly recognisable”
“I've got two ideas: one of which is a dystopian, which is a very hot genre right now.”
“For instance, George Orwell almost called his dystopian masterpiece”
“This gloomy cosmic backdrop has led Reynolds to be described as a dystopian writer.”
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