Definition of utopia
1 : an imaginary and indefinitely remote place
2 often capitalized : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
3 : an impractical scheme for social improvement
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Examples of utopia in a Sentence
The town's founders wanted to create a Christian utopia.
It's a nice place to live, but it's no Utopia.
Recent Examples of utopia from the Web
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GOP voters, for their part, either believe in Ayn Rand’s utopia; or want the more affordable coverage Trump promised them; or have no strongly held views on health-care policy at all.
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Victory didn’t usher in utopia, but victory meant something substantial.
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KC Weddings Bridal Spectacular 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at Overland Park Convention Center With wedding season flooding your mailbox and social media, why not join in on the fun at Kansas City’s bridal utopia?
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KC Weddings Bridal Spectacular 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at Overland Park Convention Center With wedding season flooding your mailbox and social media, why not join in on the fun at Kansas City’s bridal utopia?
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Mr. Nuon Chea and Mr. Khieu Samphan are the last survivors of a tightknit group that tried to turn Cambodia into an agrarian utopia, killing off its educated people and reorganizing the country into what amounted to a nationwide labor camp.
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Despite this milestone, French politics is far from a gender equality utopia.
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Lyft’s decision to reinvent the bus in Silicon Valley is interesting, given the tech utopia’s mixed history with that particular mode of transportation.
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By Elan Mastai Mastai's debut novel taps into our past visions of the future—namely a Jetsons-esque utopia.
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Did You Know?
In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas More published a book titled Utopia. It compared social and economic conditions in Europe with those of an ideal society on an imaginary island located off the coast of the Americas. More wanted to imply that the perfect conditions on his fictional island could never really exist, so he called it Utopia, a name he created by combining the Greek words ou (meaning "no, not") and topos (meaning "place," a root used in our word topography). The earliest generic use of utopia was for an imaginary and indefinitely remote place. The current use of utopia, referring to an ideal place or society, was inspired by More's description of Utopia's perfection.
Origin and Etymology of utopia
Utopia, imaginary and ideal country in Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More, from Greek ou not, no + topos place
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: an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect
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