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In The Long Walk, based on King's 1979 novel, Hamill now plays the Major, the leader of a Gestapo-esque police force in a dystopian vision of America ruled by a dictator.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
There was something so dystopian about it.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
The actors starring in the dystopian thriller (in theaters now) had a similar experience, and thankfully didn’t get shot in the face for failing to keep up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Speculative fiction spans science fiction, fantasy, alternative historical fiction, dystopian and utopian fiction, and apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
There was something so dystopian about it.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
The actors starring in the dystopian thriller (in theaters now) had a similar experience, and thankfully didn’t get shot in the face for failing to keep up.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Speculative fiction spans science fiction, fantasy, alternative historical fiction, dystopian and utopian fiction, and apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dystopian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
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As geologists were realizing that earthly timescales were vast, astronomers began to discover that the same applied to the distances of the cosmos.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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It was once widely believed throughout Europe that stars produced an ethereal fluid that somehow influenced earthly affairs.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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