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dystopia definitions
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1imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful65 sets
2a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.11 sets
3a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror9 sets
4see utopia9 sets
5bad place6 sets
6a nightmarish, hellish place4 sets
7a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding4 sets
8imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful.4 sets
9a world that is supposed to be perfect but turns horribly wrong...3 sets
10place where all is as bad as possible3 sets
11imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful (ant utopia)2 sets
12imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful (ant. utopia)2 sets
13imaginary place were living conditions are dreadful2 sets
14an imaginary place where people live dehumanized, often fearful lives.2 sets
15an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad.2 sets
16a society characterized by human misery2 sets
17the opposite of utopia2 sets
18an imaginary world that was constructed to be perfect, yet failed. an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. ex: brave new world1 set
19aziz and cucher 19941 set
20noun an imaginary place or society in which everything is bad. derivatives dystopian adjective & noun origin from dys- + utopia.1 set
21hypothetical place, society, or situation in which conditions and the quality of life are dreadful1 set
22some organs begin development in one part of the body then move as they mature...this does not1 set
23"bad place" an imaginary world which was constructed to be perfect yet failed. present tendencies are carried out to their intensely unpleasant end1 set
24an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror or a work describing such a place.1 set
25iaginary place where living conditions are dreadful1 set
26imaginary placae where living conditions are dreadful1 set
27imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful (utopia)1 set
28ant. utopia1 set
29an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives1 set
30a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained, through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. an imaginary place or condition where everything is bad1 set
31a world that seems perfect but turns out to be deeply flawed1 set
32an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be1 set
33the opposite of an utopia; greek for "bad place". usually set in the future and describes an unpleasant, disastrous, or terrifying society or world.1 set
34a1 set
35an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can beĀ 1 set
36opposite of utopia, a society where social and technological advances have served to aid corruption1 set
37the failure of an embryologic structure to move into it final adult position during development1 set
38opposite of utopia1 set
39an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives (anti-utopia)1 set
40an imaginary place where people live often dehumanized, fearful lives1 set