dystopia
Plural: dystopia, dystopiae, dystopias
Noun
- state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
- a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
- A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.
- Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
- pl. -S a wretched place
Examples
- "The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia."
Origin / Etymology
From dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia being reinterpreted as eu-topia.
Synonyms
anti-utopia, cacotopia, ectopia, ectopy, heterotopia, malposition
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
dystopia: valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddystopia: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dystopia: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary