Meaning of Utopian | Babel Free
juːˈtəʊ.pi.ənDefinitions
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Alternative letter-case form of utopian. alt-of
- A constructed language created by Thomas More and Peter Giles for the fictional island Utopia, from Thomas More’s 1516 book of the same name.
- Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
- A person from Utopia, a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system from Thomas More’s 1516 book of the same name.
Equivalents
Examples
“One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include⟳ “feelies” and “smellies.””
“Digital utopians have⟳ heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 […] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees.”
“At the end⟳ of the first cantos, fresh from the description of the female college, with its professoresses, and hostleresses, and other Utopian monsters, […]”
“As unusual as these official games may appear⟳, they constitute an integral part in teaching the machiavellian tactics which the Utopians proudly use⟳ in their foreign wars.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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