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Utopia vs Usonian - What's the difference?

utopia | usonian |

As nouns the difference between utopia and usonian

is that utopia is a world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony while Usonian is an inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.

As a proper noun Utopia

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

As an adjective Usonian is

of or relating to the United States of America.

utopia

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10
    • , 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 ----

    usonian

    English

    (wikipedia Usonian)

    Adjective

    Usonian', (rare) '''usonian''', (rare) ' USonian
  • Of or relating to the United States of America.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , author=Toshiko Mori , title=Materials, Fabrication + Performance: The Journal of the School of Architecture and Planning , page=121 , passage=Right below Juan Ponce is the Palace of the Fortaleza de Santa Catalina drawn in such a way so as to highlight the Puerto Rican and the Usonian flags waving above.}}
    This much was already evident in the opinions expressed by Usonian politicians and ideologues following the end of the War of 1898.
  • Of 's vision for a utopian United States.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1936 (2000) , author=John Dos Passos , title=The Big Money , page=346 , passage=only in freedom can we build the Usonian city. His [Wright's] plans are coming to life.}}
    The great Usonian Life, the universal life of our own true democracy.
  • Of or relating to a style of construction introduced by Frank Lloyd Wright.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2002 , author=Paul Adamson, Marty Arbunich, & Ernie Braun , title=Eichler , page=94 , passage=His ability to design buildings to fit their locations was one of his great talents, and his Usonian houses, despite the highly systematized construction methods used, were always attuned to the particulars of each building location. The composition of the exterior walls and the structural system was repeated from house to house
    Their residential design is strongly influenced by Prairie and Usonian architecture.
  • Pertaining to Usonia, New York, or similar communities.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2001 , author=Roland Reisley, Frank Lloyd Wright, John Timpane , title=Usonia, New York , page= , passage=As the median age of Usonian children grew,
    Okemos, Michigan was to be the site of Wright's first Usonian community.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "Usonian")

    Usage notes

    The comparative and superlative, as in his most Usonian design, are not common. (See .) Generally capitalized.

    Synonyms

    * (Of the United States of America) American, US American, United Statesian, US-ian, Usanian, Usonan * (Wrightian architecture) Prairie, Prairie-style

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2004 , author=Juan Bruce-Novoa , chapter=Twenty years of transatlantic Usonianism , editor=Walter Grünzweig , title=The United States in Global Contexts: American Studies After 9/11 and Iraq , page=23 , passage=As a Usonian of Celtic-Franco/Gallego Mexican-Quaker-Catholic-German-Blackfoot-Rock&Roll descent, I feel at home.}}
  • An inhabitant of the Wrightian community of Usonia, New York.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2001 , author=Roland Reisley, Frank Lloyd Wright, John Timpane , title=Usonia, New York , page=13 , passage="Those were the best of the arguments," one Usonian remembered. }}
  • A house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonian style.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1994 , author=Edward Russo , title=Illinois historical journal , publisher=Illinois State Historical Society , page=333 , passage=Rosenbaum does an admirable job of characterizing the philosophy behind the Usonian and its particular place in time.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2002 , author=Paul Adamson, Marty Arbunich, & Ernie Braun , title=Eichler , page=94 , passage=His ability to design buildings to fit their locations was one of his great talents, and his Usonian houses, despite the highly systematized construction methods used, were always attuned to the particulars of each building location. The composition of the exterior walls and the structural system was repeated from house to house

    Synonyms

    * (Inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America) American, US American, United Statesian, US-ian, Usanian

    Derived terms

    * Usonianism * Afro-Usonian * extra-Usonian (see citations) * non-Usonian (see citations)

    References

    * "Usonian" in Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th edition revised, Oxford Dictionaries, 2008.