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Utopia vs Eutopia - What's the difference?

utopia | eutopia |

As nouns the difference between utopia and eutopia

is that utopia is a world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony while Eutopia is a place of ideal well-being, as a practical aspiration (compared with utopia as an impossible concept).

As a proper noun Utopia

is the satirical treatise on government by Sir Thomas More, from which the term {{term|utopia}} was coined.

utopia

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
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    • , author=Audrey Garric , title=Urban canopies let nature bloom , volume=188, issue=22, page=30 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.}}

    Antonyms

    * dystopia

    Derived terms

    * utopian

    See also

    * heaven * paradise ----

    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