as in anti-utopia
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Recent Examples of dystopia
Look at the White House; in fiction, dystopia feels farther away, at least.
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Hannah Berman
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Still, dystopia as envisioned by the movie’s directors, the Wachowskis (and their collaborators, on that film, particularly in production and costume design), looks pretty rad, in cinematic terms.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
The upcoming Black Mirror graphic novels will take their brand of digital dystopia to comic and manga platform InkyPen.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
The film’s opening narration draws on memories of water, infusing exposition about the dystopia with a personal touch.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Berman
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Still, dystopia as envisioned by the movie’s directors, the Wachowskis (and their collaborators, on that film, particularly in production and costume design), looks pretty rad, in cinematic terms.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
The upcoming Black Mirror graphic novels will take their brand of digital dystopia to comic and manga platform InkyPen.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
The film’s opening narration draws on memories of water, infusing exposition about the dystopia with a personal touch.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopia
hell
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Also, sometimes the lure of carry is the shortest way to hell.—
Vineer Bhansali,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, the warden showed up and welcomed them to el infierno—hell.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Dystopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopia. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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