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Metropolis vs Dystopia - What's the difference?

metropolis | dystopia |

As nouns the difference between metropolis and dystopia

is that metropolis is metropolis while dystopia is a vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.

metropolis

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (history) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.
  • A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
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  • (canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * metro * metropole * metropolitan

    Synonyms

    * mother city, metropole * archbishopric

    See also

    * capital city

    References

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    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 ----