dystopia
dys·to·pia
noun
1.
state in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
2.
a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
Origin
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.
Phrases
- dystopia canthorum
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