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Grammar : Noun
Spell : yoo-toh-pee-uh
Phonetic Transcription : yuˈtoʊ pi ə



Definition of utopia

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Modern Latin Utopia, literally "nowhere," coined by Thomas More (and used as title of his book, 1516, about an imaginary island enjoying perfect legal, social, and political systems), from Greek ou "not" + topos "place" (see topos). Extended to "any perfect place," 1610s.
  • noun ideal place and life
Example sentences :
  • They are said, though it is not easy to believe, to have been elaborated by way of Utopia.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
  • The 'New Atlantis' is only a fragment, and far inferior in merit to the 'Utopia.'
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • And 'the secret has perished' with him; to this day the place of Utopia remains unknown.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • I have at last seen the Utopia at Paris printed, but with many misprints.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • If we cannot hope to turn it into Utopia, let us at least make it as much like Utopia as we can.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • And he lands, at least in imagination, in his ideal state, his Utopia.
  • Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
  • He was on a planet that seemed, at first glance, to be a utopia.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • To them the Utopia of life would have been their homecoming.
  • Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
  • The school life in Utopia is therefore one of constant activity.
  • Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes
  • There is no forced inertness in Utopia, no slackness, no boredom, no yawning.
  • Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes

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