dystopian

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Recent Examples of dystopian Not every ideology is equally violent or equally quick to impose rules on others, but every ideology that has this very strong utopian vision of what life and the world should be, or a very dystopian fear of where the world is going, all of those have a capacity to become extreme. Sean Illing, Vox, 12 May 2025 The music goes for horror-movie ambience, building the dystopian mood with eerie samples of human screams, sobs, phone alarms, howling sax, even an old-school dial-up modem. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025 The fantasy series follows a dystopian world where Violet Sorrengail trains to become an elite dragon rider at a competitive war college. Jenna Ryu, SELF, 1 May 2025 Without such careful consideration, Goldman predicts a dystopian future prompted by age verification laws. ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dystopian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
Adjective
  • Their parents have long since left this earthly plane.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • The lower the figure of magnitude, the brighter the star and Sirius is one of only four stars seen from our earthly perspective with a negative magnitude (-1.45).
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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