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UTOPIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer
Example:
a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Utopian" is a kind of...):
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
Derivation:
utopian (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection
Example:
recognized the utopian nature of his hopes
Classified under:
Similar:
airy; impractical; Laputan; visionary; windy (not practical or realizable; speculative)
Also:
perfect (being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish)
Antonym:
dystopian (as bad as can be; characterized by human misery)
Derivation:
utopia (ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects)
Utopian (an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
Example:
a Utopian novel
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Utopia (a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island)
utopia (ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects)
Derivation:
Utopia (a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island)
