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Although I write dystopian fiction, I don't believe in dystopian fantasies.
John Twelve Hawks

Meaning of "dystopian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DYSTOPIAN

dystopian  [dɪsˈtəʊpɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DYSTOPIAN

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dystopian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DYSTOPIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dystopia

A dystopia is a community or society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of a utopia. Such societies appear in many artistic works, particularly in stories set in a future. Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization, totalitarian governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. Dystopian societies appear in many sub-genres of fiction and are often used to draw attention to real-world issues regarding society, environment, politics, economics, religion, psychology, ethics, science, and/or technology, which if unaddressed could potentially lead to such a dystopia-like condition. Famous depictions of dystopian societies include R.U.R. ; Nineteen Eighty-Four, which takes place in a totalitarian invasive super state; Brave New World, where the human population is placed under a caste of psychological allocation; Fahrenheit 451...

Definition of dystopian in the English dictionary

The definition of dystopian in the dictionary is in which everything is imagined to be as bad as it can be.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DYSTOPIAN


apian
ˈeɪpɪən
cacotopian
ˌkækəˈtəʊpɪən
campion
ˈkæmpɪən
Caspian
ˈkæspɪən
champion
ˈtʃæmpɪən
cornopean
kɔːˈnəʊpɪən
cornucopian
ˌkɔːnjʊˈkəʊpɪən
cyclopian
saɪˈkləʊpɪən
entropion
enˈtrəʊpɪən
Ethiopian
ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪən
European
ˌjʊərəˈpɪən
Grampian
ˈɡræmpɪən
hypopyon
haɪˈpəʊpɪən
intrafallopian
ˌɪntrəfəˈləʊpɪən
nonutopian
ˌnɒnjuːˈtəʊpɪən
Olympian
əˈlɪmpɪən
pornotopian
ˌpɔːnəˈtəʊpɪən
scorpion
ˈskɔːpɪən
subtopian
sʌbˈtəʊpɪən
Utopian
juːˈtəʊpɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DYSTOPIAN

dystaxic
dystectic
dysteleological
dysteleologist
dysteleology
dysthesia
dysthetic
dysthymia
dysthymiac
dysthymic
dysthymic disorder
dystocia
dystocial
dystonia
dystonic
dystopia
dystrophia
dystrophic
dystrophin
dystrophy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DYSTOPIAN

Aesculapian
callithumpian
hippocrepian
malapropian
marsupian
Messapian
Mississippian
Philippian
pian
Salopian
salpian
synthespian
the Mississippian
Thespian
Tupian
Ulpian

Synonyms and antonyms of dystopian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dystopian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DYSTOPIAN

Find out the translation of dystopian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dystopian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dystopian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反乌托邦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

distópica
570 millions of speakers

English

dystopian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dystopian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بائس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антиутопии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

distópico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dystopian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dystopique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dystopian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dystopischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陰鬱な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

디스토피아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dystopian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dystopia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிஸ்டோபியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डायस्टोपियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

distopik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

distopica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dystopian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антиутопії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

distopice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυστοπική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

somber
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dystopian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dystopisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dystopian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DYSTOPIAN»

The term «dystopian» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.111 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DYSTOPIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dystopian

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10 QUOTES WITH «DYSTOPIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dystopian.
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Suzanne Collins
I think people respond to dystopian stories because they're ways of acting out anxieties that we have and fears that we have about the future. So much media's coming at you over the Internet, your brain gets overloaded. You don't know what to do with it. And one thing you can do with it is read a story.
2
Lauren DeStefano
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
3
Paul Di Filippo
Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image.
4
Paul Di Filippo
It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.
5
Anne Fortier
Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one's stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force.
6
Maggie Grace
I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
7
Jonny Greenwood
If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And that's what I get from Penderecki: people making music by taking these instruments out of boxes and playing them. That's a very bizarre and modern thing.
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John Twelve Hawks
Although I write dystopian fiction, I don't believe in dystopian fantasies.
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Chang-Rae Lee
What's fun about a dystopian novel is that we can enjoy and be entertained. But that world is only slightly different, right? It's familiar enough to be recognizable, and skewed enough to give us pause.
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David Levithan
People read vampire novels and say, 'Oh I want to read another vampire novel.' People read fantasy, and they're like, 'Oh I love fantasy.' I don't know that people are necessarily finishing 'Hunger Games' and immediately wanting to read another dystopian tale.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DYSTOPIAN»

Discover the use of dystopian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dystopian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dystopian literature: a theory and research guide
The entries include short bibliographies, with full bibliographic information provided at the end of the volume. This comprehensive guide covers the full period from Thomas More's Utopia to the present day.
M. Keith Booker, 1994
2
Dystopian Fiction East and West: Universe of Terror and Trial
These fictions work as prophetic warnings against a nightmare world that could, but should not be allowed to, come about.
Erika Gottlieb, 2001
3
Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini, 2013
4
The dystopian impulse in modern literature: fiction as ...
This book offers a detailed study of several literary dystopias and analyzes them as social criticism. The volume begins with a discussion of utopias, dystopias, and social criticism.
M. Keith Booker, 1994
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The Hunger Games
New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Collins delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present.
Suzanne Collins, 2009
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Mothers and Masters in Contemporary Utopian and Dystopian ...
Mothers and Masters in Contemporary Utopian and Dystopian Literature focuses, therefore, on the thematic importance of this and other maternal roles for generic metamorphosis: the shift to dystopia invariably is signaled by the inversion of ...
Mary Elizabeth Theis, 2009
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Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares: The Promise ...
However, Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares reveals that radical forms of genetic engineering could become a reality much sooner than many people think, and that we need to encourage risk-management efforts.
Maxwell J. Mehlman, 2012
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Reading Utopian Narratives in a Dystopian Time
The narrative strategies of these novels---defamiliarzation, polyvocalism, fragmented structure, and meditation---encourage readers to collaborate in exploring utopian desire.
Deborah Taylor, 2008
9
Dark Futures: A VOYA Guide to Apocalyptic, Post-Apocalyptic, ...
Complete with plot summaries, dystopian and apocalyptic elements, 30-second booktalks, read-alike lists, and recommended audiences, this guide offers books, graphic novels, and movies for teen audiences that love The Hunger Games.
Brandy Danner, 2012
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Role of Women in Utopian and Dystopian Novels
Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, RWTH Aachen University, language: English, abstract: Being a great lover of mythological tales since childhood, I have early ...
Jelena Vukadinovic, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DYSTOPIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dystopian is used in the context of the following news items.
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The New York Stock Exchange goes down: inside the dystopian
The New York Stock Exchange goes down: inside the dystopian aftermath. Molly Crabapple. I was met by fires in the streets, the screams of the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Molly Crabapple's dystopian fictional take on The Great New York …
Molly Crabapple's dystopian fictional take on The Great New York Stock Exchange of July, 2015. By Xeni Jardin at 3:58 pm Wed, Jul 8, 2015 ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
3
Comic-Con: 'Heroes Reborn' Producers Tackling Hugh Howey's …
Sand, set in a lawless dystopian world of howling winds and shifting dunes, tells of a family of sand divers, a group of people who use ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
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Books: 'Contract City' melds Tulsa history with dystopian future
"(Sara) has been too busy with the vicissitudes of fourth grade to know what was going on. The nation was in shock and would condone almost ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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The Gaza Strip: “It's just that dystopian
“And for all I knew about the Israel-Palestine crisis, I was not prepared to come in to such intimate contact with so much human destruction. «Antiwar.com, Jul 15»
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Arby's and Taco Bell keep bacon mania alive with dystopian meat ads
The spot features a shopping mall in a semi-dystopian world ravaged by bacon mania — shoppers toting bags from "Baconista" and "Bacon ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
7
How to Get a Council House review – 'like a dystopian quiz show …
asks the third series of How to Get a Council House (Channel 4), like the process is a sort of dystopian quiz show, where misery and poverty ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Mark Zuckerberg's Utopian/Dystopian Vision of the Future as a …
Mark Zuckerberg has shared his vision for the future, and it sounds suspiciously like the plot of Dave Eggers's dystopian novel, The Circle. «Outer Places, Jul 15»
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Classic story gets dystopian twist
“Beyond Musketeers: Utopia Lost,” reimagines the classic story of The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas, and places our champions in ... «YourWestValley.com, Jul 15»
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Disclosure share dystopian video for new single 'Holding On' - watch
The song features guest singer Gregory Porter, with its accompanying clip showcasing a dystopian world. It is the first video of a four-part ... «NME.com, Jul 15»

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