dystopia

From dys- +‎ -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsˌtəʊpɪi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtoʊpi.ə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊpiə

dystopia (plural dystopias)

1. A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.

   2014 December 11, Megan Willett, "The 16 Most Disappointing Places To Visit On Earth", Business Insider UK:

   But you get to the beach via monorail and you get to the sand and look out to the ocean and all you see is oil tankers and factories spewing smoke on the horizon. It was like some sort of futuristic dystopia.

2. A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
3. (pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.

   The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.

• (vision): cacotopia, kakotopia, anti-utopia
• (medical condition): ectopia, ectopy, heterotopia, malposition

• utopia

• dystopian
• dystopic

(*) The German word Dystopie is mainly used in the medical field.
(**) Is rarely used, instead the terms Anti-Utopia, Gegenutopie, or negative Utopie are used.

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dystopia

1. dystopia