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Dystopia vs Wasteland - What's the difference?

dystopia | wasteland |

As nouns the difference between dystopia and wasteland

is that dystopia is a vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society while wasteland is a region with no remaining resources; a desert.

dystopia

English

(wikipedia dystopia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
  • A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
  • (medicine) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
    • The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia .

    Synonyms

    * (vision) cacotopia, kakotopia, anti-utopia * (medical condition) malposition

    Antonyms

    * utopia

    Derived terms

    * dystopian

    See also

    * Orwellian ----

    wasteland

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A region with no remaining resources; a desert.
    • Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland
  • Any barren or uninteresting place.
    • After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland