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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects.
  2. n. A work of fiction describing a utopia.
  3. n. An impractical, idealistic scheme for social and political reform.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An imaginary island, described by Sir Thomas More in a work entitled “Utopia,” published in 1516, as enjoying the utmost perfection in law, politics, etc. Hence [lowercase] A place or state of ideal perfection.
  2. n. Any imaginary region.
  3. n. In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
  2. n. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects
  2. n. an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
  3. n. a work of fiction describing a utopia
  4. n. a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island

Etymologies

  1. From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, "not, no") + τόπος (topos, "place, region"). (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin Ūtopia, imaginary island in Utopia by Sir Thomas More : Greek ou, not, no; + Greek topos, place. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • fbharjo here now and no where Jul 16, 2012

  • bilby The name of a region in central Australia. Which, as it happens, is very much nowhere. Nov 26, 2007

  • polymorph Well, utopia is literally "nowhere". I think it's interesting that social perfection is forever linguistically impossible (as it likely is in reality, so I think I favor this word). Apr 9, 2007

  • reesetee Always, u. Always. Apr 9, 2007

  • uselessness I listed them both... do I win? Apr 9, 2007

  • reesetee Hmm...interesting observation, SoG. Maybe we should run a comparison of other Wordie antonyms! Apr 9, 2007

  • sonofgroucho Isn't it interesting that currently almost twice as many people are listing dystopia compared with utopia?

    A sign of the times, perhaps? Apr 9, 2007

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