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Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Noun
This dreamscape of the island, like that of the jungle, illuminates in children’s literature a sense of utopia and longing about childhood as a not-quite-place, situated in an irretrievable past-yet-future, while at the same time rooted in an anti-utopian logic of adulthood.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-utopian
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Haroun co-wrote the screenplay with Laurent Gaudé, whose dystopian novel Dog 51 has recently been brought to the big screen.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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The ground was laid for an already dystopian 2026.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
17 Jan. 2026
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Sirāt was the only Neon contender to miss out on a Best Picture spot at the Globes (its noms came in Non-English Language and Score), adding to the feeling that this nihilist epic is the title most at risk of missing with Oscar.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
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The activist Left is, in truth, nihilist.—
Ayaan Hirsi Ali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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By the late chapters, Daphne and her contemporaries, now old, seem to remember less about those days with Cecil than does the reader, who came through them recently—an inspired way of calling forth the novel-ness of the novel without breaking the realist’s line.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Dec. 2025
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Since Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, the planet associated with responsibilities, boundaries and restrictions, those born under the sign are realists.—
Olivia Munson,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
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The belief by cynics is that Netflix wants to be a streaming service.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 Dec. 2025
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In the years after 1991, Russians were trained cynics, having lived through Soviet decline and collapse; forcing belief would be a difficult endeavor, with an unclear upside.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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Aussie newcomer Yerin Ha is the juggernaut's new leading lady—a strong yet soft pragmatist whose quiet charisma hooks Benedict, the ton, and, soon enough, audiences everywhere.—
InStyle,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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Zig-zagging from a tactical fundamentalist in Amorim to the ultimate pragmatist in the former England boss makes a degree of sense for a club desperate to find stability and show progress.—
Peter South,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Anti-utopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-utopian. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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