Meaning of Utopian | Babel Free
juːˈtəʊ.pi.ənDefinitions
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Alternative letter-case form of utopian. alt-of
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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. uncountable
- 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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