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Recent Examples of dystopian
Lalami discussed the uptick in interest in dystopian fiction in a 2025 interview with PEOPLE.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
In Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for the six-Justice majority, the Court’s idea of racial equality turned out to correspond to a downright dystopian vision of our electoral democracy.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Aliens, dystopian nightmares, and twisted realities are more than likely provoking a reaction from viewers that flies a lot closer to terrified.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 2 May 2026
For the ships no company wants to purchase, the ending is a bit more dystopian.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
In Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for the six-Justice majority, the Court’s idea of racial equality turned out to correspond to a downright dystopian vision of our electoral democracy.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Aliens, dystopian nightmares, and twisted realities are more than likely provoking a reaction from viewers that flies a lot closer to terrified.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 2 May 2026
For the ships no company wants to purchase, the ending is a bit more dystopian.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
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As earthly circles of hell go, modern-day Newark is in an altogether different, gentler category from post-WWII Leningrad.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Divinity above, earthly pleasures below.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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