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Dystopia vs Eutopia - What's the difference?

dystopia | eutopia |

As nouns the difference between dystopia and eutopia

is that dystopia is a vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society while Eutopia is a place of ideal well-being, as a practical aspiration (compared with utopia as an impossible concept).

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 ----

    eutopia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place of ideal well-being, as a practical aspiration (compared with utopia as an impossible concept).

    • See also

    * utopia

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989 * More's Utopia: The English Translation thereof by Raphe Robynson. Second edition, 1556