Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ideals or principles of a utopian; idealistic and impractical social theory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The characteristic views or bent of mind of a utopian; ideas founded on or relating to ideal social perfectibility; optimism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
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- noun Alternative capitalization of
Utopianism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the political orientation of a Utopian who believes in impossibly idealistic schemes of social perfection
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Examples
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Green high-design utopianism is virulent at Make It Right, as at Global Green, and all the houses feature sophisticated systems to achieve net-zero energy use.
Houses of the Future 2009
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Green high-design utopianism is virulent at Make It Right, as at Global Green, and all the houses feature sophisticated systems to achieve net-zero energy use.
Houses of the Future 2009
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Since utopianism is now an acknowledged strategy for change, it is a bit surprising that neither Abbott nor Hill makes explicit reference to it, but the omission should remind us of the longstanding hostility toward utopianism that existed in sociology.
Utopianism and Joanna Baillie: A Preface to Converging Revolutions 2008
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Its utopianism is not a sign of political irrelevance.
Abstracts 2001
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14Sargisson distinguishes inversion from the genuinely critical and creative rethinking evident in utopianism: “inversion of hierarchy is not ... sufficient to challenge the existence of hierarchy” (Utopian Bodies 130-31). close window
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Dion’s myopic utopianism is so misguided that it’s difficult to imagine how one could even begin to think that a massive tax increase will create a positive “shift” in environmentalism.
Harper Calls Green "Shift" Revenue Grab – I Agree « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Dion’s myopic utopianism is so misguided that it’s difficult to imagine how one could even begin to think that a massive tax increase will create a positive “shift” in environmentalism.
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But that difficulty of comprehension is not the same as being lost in utopianism.
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Those who dispute the dictum are accused of utopianism, which is condemned as an intellectual and emotional error, not just a mistake but a danger.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Mike Marqusee 2010
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Those who dispute the dictum are accused of utopianism, which is condemned as an intellectual and emotional error, not just a mistake but a danger.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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