🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

디스토피아

Pronunciation / Transliteration: diseutopia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dystopia/dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ə/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 소설은 암울한 디스토피아를 배경으로 하고 있다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

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

    "The novel depicts a grim dystopian future where freedom is entirely suppressed."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek prefix dys- (meaning bad, abnormal, or difficult) combined with topos (meaning place), modeled after the word utopia coined by Sir Thomas More. It first appeared in the late 18th century and gained widespread currency in the 20th century to describe fictional societies characterized by human misery, oppression, and environmental degradation.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Dystopia"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Dystopia"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Dystopia" Synonym Map