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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ディストピアの

Pronunciation / Transliteration: disutopia no

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dystopian/dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その映画はディストピアの未来を描いています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or denoting an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.

    "The novel presents a dystopian vision of a future ruled by oppressive surveillance."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who envisions, describes, or advocates for a dystopian outcome or society.

    "Many modern science fiction writers are categorized as dystopians due to their grim outlook on technology."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the mid-20th century, derived from 'dystopia', which combines the Ancient Greek prefix 'dys-' (bad, ill, abnormal) with 'topos' (place). It was created as the direct antonym to Sir Thomas More's 'utopia' (meaning good place or no place). The adjective suffix '-an' was added to denote characteristics of an imagined state or society marked by oppression and misery.

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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dystopian" is said worldwide

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