dystopia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
  2. noun a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror

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.

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