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In that dystopian novel, published in 1993 and set in the mid-2020s, the United States still exists but has been warped by global warming, and its authoritarian government has ceded most of the administration of day-to-day matters to corrupt companies.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
The star of the dystopian action film series was recently forced to pit the generation-defining franchises against one another — while hooked up to a lie detector — by Twilight's very own Robert Pattinson.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
On the other hand, there is a clear influence from dystopian works.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Billed as a dystopian thriller with elements of The Handmaid’s Tale and the ritualistic tension of Midsommar, the feature is lead produced by Spain’s AF Films.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
The star of the dystopian action film series was recently forced to pit the generation-defining franchises against one another — while hooked up to a lie detector — by Twilight's very own Robert Pattinson.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
On the other hand, there is a clear influence from dystopian works.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Billed as a dystopian thriller with elements of The Handmaid’s Tale and the ritualistic tension of Midsommar, the feature is lead produced by Spain’s AF Films.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
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That was one last flourish of self-laceration, and there is definitely a matching strain of masochism in Hopkins—not so much a relish of suffering as a rueful acknowledgment that earthly woe is our due.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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That was one last flourish of self-laceration, and there is definitely a matching strain of masochism in Hopkins—not so much a relish of suffering as a rueful acknowledgment that earthly woe is our due.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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