dystopian

dystopian

English

Etymology

From dystopia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪs.ˈtoʊ.pi.ən/

Adjective

dystopian (comparative more dystopian, superlative most dystopian)

1. Of or pertaining to a dystopia.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games

     If Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games turns up on middle-school curricula 50 years from now—and as accessible dystopian science fiction with allusions to early-21st-century strife, that isn’t out of the question—the lazy students of the future can be assured that they can watch the movie version and still get better than a passing grade.

2. Dire; characterized by human suffering or misery.

Derived terms

• dystopianism

Translations

pertaining to a dystopia

Finnish: dystopinen French: dystopique (fr), contre-utopique, dystopiste, contre-utopiste Greek: δυστοπικός (el) (dystopikós)

Persian: ویران‌شهری‎ (virân-šahri) Swedish: dystopisk (sv)

dire

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Finnish

Noun

dystopian

1. Genitive singular form of dystopia.