dystopian
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪs.ˈtoʊ.pi.ən/
Adjective
dystopian (comparative more dystopian, superlative most dystopian)
- Of or pertaining to a dystopia.
- 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:
- 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.
- 2019 June 30, Philip Oltermann, quoting Tom Hillenbrand, “German sci-fi fans lap up dystopian tales of Brexit Britain”, in The Guardian:
- In my book Britain has actually worked out how it wants to leave and the EU is preparing a new constitution as a result. The real Brexit is actually much more dystopian.
- 2023 June 7, Samira Asma-Sadeque, “‘It’s too much’: New Yorkers don masks or stay inside amid smog crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- The whole city is immersed in a dystopian-looking smog: urban streets in sepia, emptier than usual, bathed in an eerie quiet.
- Dire; characterized by human suffering or misery.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to a dystopia
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dire
Finnish
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