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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesantiutopia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: antiutopia
"A narrativa se passa em uma antiutopia sombria."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An imagined society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.
"The novel portrays a grim antiutopia where all individual freedoms are suppressed by the ruling regime."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in English as a blend of 'anti-' (against, opposite of) and 'utopia' (an idealized imaginary place, coined by Thomas More from Greek ou- topos 'no place'), referring to a society characterized by human misery, oppression, and terror.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "antiutopia" is said worldwide
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antiutopia
Transliteration: antiutopia
"Il libro presenta un mondo che è una perfetta antiutopia."
antiutopía
Transliteration: antiutopía
"La historia se desarrolla en una antiutopía controlada por la tecnología."
antiutopia
Transliteration: antiutopia
"A narrativa se passa em uma antiutopia sombria."
प्रति-यूथोपिया
Transliteration: prati-yuthopiya
"यह उपन्यास एक भयानक प्रति-यूथोपिया का चित्रण करता है।"
反乌托邦
Transliteration: fǎn wūtuōbāng
"这部小说描绘了一个可怕的反乌托邦社会。"
반유토피아
Transliteration: ban-yutopia
"그 소설은 암울한 반유토피아적 미래를 그리고 있다."
反ユートピア
Transliteration: han-yūtopia
"その映画は管理社会の反ユートピアを描いている。"
anti-utopie
Transliteration: anti-utopie
"Ce roman décrit une effrayante anti-utopie."
Anti-Utopie
Transliteration: Anti-Utopie
"Der Film zeigt eine düstere Anti-Utopie der Zukunft."
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