Dysfunctional vs Dystopian - What's the difference?
dysfunctional | dystopian |
of or pertaining to a dystopia
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
dire; characterized by human suffering or misery
As adjectives the difference between dysfunctional and dystopian
is that dysfunctional is functioning incorrectly or abnormally while dystopian is of or pertaining to a dystopia.dysfunctional
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Usage notes
Used frequently in regard to social functioning: dysfunctional family'', ''dysfunctional behavior.Antonyms
* eufunctional * functionalDerived terms
* dysfunctionality * dysfunctionallydystopian
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Adjective
(en adjective)- If Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games turns up on middle-school curricula 50 years from now—and as accessible dystopian science fiction with allusions to early-21st-century strife, that isn’t out of the question—the lazy students of the future can be assured that they can watch the movie version and still get better than a passing grade.