Definition of dystopia
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:an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives
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Ever since Demna Gvasalia laced Balenciaga’s fall show with ultraskinny sunglasses and big couture gowns, the ’90s dystopia has been back in style.
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The Lego Movie uses the tale of an anonymous plastic block in a regimented, prefab dystopia finding his individuality as a way to meditate on our hierarchical world, and even to question the mind of God.
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Democrats have spent most of this week accusing Republicans of trying to create a dystopia where Americans are denied basic health-care treatments.
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There’s just maybe this chance to create a bubble-corner-safe space within dystopia.
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Not all dystopias have to be grim, or even political, but the genre may require its creators to take at least their own questions seriously in order to create a world that a viewer can fully experience—in pleasure, hope, or fear.
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Before utopias and dystopias became imagined futures, they were imagined pasts, or imagined places, like the Garden of Eden.
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Dystopias follow utopias the way thunder follows lightning.
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Yet back into dystopia Ross goes, nearly every day, armed with little more than bottles of water, maybe some chips, and relentless compassion.
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Origin and Etymology of dystopia
New Latin, from dys- + -topia (as in utopia)
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Definition of dystopia for English Language Learners
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: an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly
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