utopia

noun uto·pia \ yu̇-ˈtō-pē-ə \

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

Examples: utopia in a Sentence

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Definition of utopia

1 often capitalized : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions

2 : an impractical scheme for social improvement

3 : an imaginary and indefinitely remote place

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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

Well, a loss of authority for the Church, which has led to a socialist utopia in Spain and an immediate backlash from a certain Gen. Franco.

— tom shippey, WSJ, "Science Fiction: A New Novel Destined to Be a Classic," 28 June 2018
The promised utopia of infinite streaming, diverse festival bills and more respectful dudes at shows is, to put it mildly, not turning out quite like idealists hoped, especially for newer or independent acts.

— august brown, latimes.com, "On new record 'Burn,' Little Boots tries to see if the future really is female," 9 May 2018
Presiding over this seeming utopia was Dwight Eisenhower.

— The Economist, "Under the surface of Eisenhower’s era," 3 May 2018
The team makes no apologies about their decision to exclude men from this utopia.

— katy steinmetz, Time, "Women-Only Spaces Are Part of a Coworking Craze. Some Might Also Be Violating the Law," 20 Apr. 2018
Its leader, Pol Pot, set on creating an agrarian utopia, wiped out the nation’s intellectuals and middle class and killed around two million people.

— elizabeth williamson, New York Times, "Behind the Bar, Mixing Drinks With Aid for a Faraway Home," 9 July 2018
Whether authors make arguments that changes to history could have resulted in a modern utopia or dystopia, all seem eager to delve into the historical record in search of opportunities to break it.

— lorraine boissoneault, Smithsonian, "What if Napoleon Hadn’t Lost Europe and Other Questions of Alternate History," 14 June 2018
But there will be no cost to opening the doors of his government’s Foreign Ministry to every useful idiot, true believer in utopia, and power-hungry climber in the country.

— mary anastasia o’grady, WSJ, "Trump’s Mexico Problem," 3 June 2018
No surprise, this delightful utopia filled with punny named fro-yo shops as far as the eye can see doesn't like a potty mouth, which means no cursing.

— shannon carlin, refinery29.com, "Someone Is Graffitiing "Fork" Around Windsor Castle Days Before The Royal Wedding," 14 May 2018

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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.