utopia

See also: Utopia, utópia, utopía, utopią, and útópía

English

Alternative forms

• Utopia

Etymology

From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/

Noun

utopia (countable and uncountable, plural utopia or utopias or utopiae)

1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
   • 1945, Chimera: A Literary Quarterly, page 22:

     Errors in time must be kept in mind when analyzing myths and utopiae. Utopiae are merely projections, on a less personal and wider scale, of Cinderella’s longing for a happy future.

   • 1959, Civilisations, page 426:

     « Some peoples of Central or South Africa have conceived downright utopiae which enable them to build up a reality more tolerable than that in which they have to live daily ».

   • 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131:

     As everyone knows, almost all booked passenger and freight trains are diagrammed into rosters for engines and men, and in an operating Utopia everything would work out daily according to plan.

   • 1974, The Chesterton Review, page 262:

     Efficiency for the sake of efficiency, unchallenged authority conferred upon those who know well a few things and ignore everything else, disdain for the ordinary and humble elements that introduce happiness in our lives, worship of unattainable utopiae, are some of the features of the scheme which leads inevitably to the suppression of the eternal gifts bestowed by God upon every human person and to the frightful prospect of being ruled by what he vividly names “the Empire of the Insect.”

   • 1979, Ian Scott-Kilvert, editor, British Writers, →ISBN, page 242:

     Orwell had correctly seen that the achievement of Wells’s ideas would be far from the frivolity of “Utopiae full of nude women” and visions of “super garden cities.”

   • 1979, Folk-lore, page 118:

     An interesting observation is that folk verses while talking of high standards of morality refer only to precedent generations and not to would-be utopiae, which in fact would rule out the possibility of evolution of a civilization absent before.

   • 1995, Cynthia Robinson, Palace Architecture and Ornament in the "Courtly" Discourse of the Muluk Al-tawaʻif: Metaphor and Utopia, pages 96, 326, and 582:

     According to his model, palace and poetry function in tandem in order to communicate to an audience the ideas of utopiae of power, victory, eternity, and perfection. […] The ruins function, not as an evocation of past civilizations, but as the setting for the poet's dallying and revelry in youthful pleasures; his "noble companions" (probably Christians, given the reference to the length of their hair) are subjugated to the length of their pleasure, a reference to the "stopping of time", one of the utopiae out of which was constructed the licentious world of the khamriyya. […] I believe that these two utopiae are related to a profound consciousness, on the part of taifa royalty and courtiers, of the particular mutability of their reality: […]

   • 2006, Können uns und euch und niemand helfen, →ISBN, page 121:

     So in order to conclude, how can we combine all these different aspects of the characteristic cross-relationship of negative and positive utopiae which are to be understood as counter projects to what there actually is?

   • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 188, number 22, page 30:

     As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

Antonyms

• dystopia
• unutopia

Derived terms

Terms derived from utopia

• anti-utopia
• autopia
• blacktopia
• cyberutopia
• dystopia
• eutopia, Eutopia
• eutopic
• gaytopia
• heterotopia
• infotopia
• intimatopia
• pornotopia
• privatopia
• romantopia
• sextopia
• technoutopia
• techno-utopian, technoutopian, technotopian
• unutopia
• utopian, Utopian
• utopiate
• utopic
• utopical
• utopism
• utopist
• utopistic
• utopographer
• whitetopia

 

Translations

world in perfect harmony

• Albanian: utopia
• Arabic: طُوبَائِيَّة f (ṭūbāʔiyya), مَدِينَةٌ فَاضِلَة f (madīnatun fāḍila)
• Armenian: ուտոպիա (hy) (utopia)
• Azerbaijani: utopiya
• Basque: utopia (eu)
• Belarusian: ўтопія f (ŭtópija)
• Bengali: ইউটোপিয়া (iuṭōpiẏa)
• Bulgarian: утопия (bg) f (utopija)
• Catalan: utopia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏托邦／乌托邦 (zh) (wūtuōbāng), 桃花源 (zh) (táohuāyuán), 烏有鄉／乌有乡 (wūyǒuxiāng)

• Czech: utopie f
• Danish: utopi c
• Dutch: utopie (nl)
• Esperanto: utopio (eo)
• Estonian: utoopia
• Finnish: utopia (fi)
• French: utopie (fr) f
• Galician: utopía (gl) f
• Georgian: უტოპია (uṭoṗia)
• German: Utopie (de) f
• Greek: ουτοπία (el) f (outopía)
• Hebrew: אוטופיה (he) f (utopiya)
• Hindi: यूटोपिया f (yūṭopiyā), मायानगरी (māyānagrī)
• Hungarian: utópia (hu)
• Icelandic: útópía f
• Ido: utopio (io)
• Indonesian: utopia (id)
• Irish: útóipe f
• Italian: utopia (it) f
• Japanese: 理想郷 (ja) (りそうきょう, risōkyō), ユートピア (ja) (yūtopia), 黄金世界 (おうごんせかい, ōgon sekai)
• Kannada: ಯುಟೊಪಿಯ (yuṭopiya)
• Kazakh: утопия (utopiä)
• Korean: 이상향(理想鄕) (ko) (isanghyang), 유토피아 (ko) (yutopia), 리상향(理想鄕) (risanghyang) (North Korea)
• Latvian: utopija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: utopija (lt) f
• Lower Sorbian: utopija f
• Macedonian: утопија f (utopija)
• Malay: utopia
• Malayalam: ഉട്ടോപ്യ (uṭṭōpya)
• Maori: ao houlura
• Norwegian: utopi m
• Occitan: utopia (oc)
• Persian: آرمان‌شهر (fa) (ârmân-šahr), مدینهٔ فاضله (madine-ye fâzele)
• Polish: utopia (pl) f
• Portuguese: utopia (pt) f
• Romanian: utopie (ro) f
• Russian: уто́пия (ru) f (utópija)
• Samogitian: utuopėjė f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уто̀пија f

  Roman: utòpija (sh) f

• Slovak: utópia f
• Slovene: utopija f
• Spanish: utopía (es) f
• Swedish: utopi (sv) c
• Tamil: யுட்டோபியா (yuṭṭōpiyā)
• Telugu: ఆదర్శధామం (ādarśadhāmaṁ)
• Thai: ดินแดนในอุดมคติ (daen nai oo-dom ká-dtì), อุตมรัฐ (th) (ùt-dtà-má-rát), ยูโทเปีย (th)
• Tibetan: ཡུལ་ཏོ་པི་ཡ། (yul to pi ya)
• Turkish: ütopya (tr)
• Ukrainian: утопія (uk) f (utopija)
• Urdu: شہر ارمان
• Uzbek: utopiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: utopia (vi)
• Welsh: wtopia f, iwtopia f
• Yiddish: וטאָפּיאַ (utopya)

See also

• heaven
• paradise

Catalan

Noun

utopia f (plural utopies)

1. utopia

Derived terms

• utòpic

Esperanto

Etymology

From utopio ‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [utoˈpia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

Adjective

utopia

1. utopian

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈutopiɑ/, [ˈut̪o̞ˌpiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): uto‧pia

Noun

utopia

1. utopia

Declension

Inflection of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		utopia	utopiat
genitive		utopian	utopioiden utopioitten
partitive		utopiaa	utopioita
illative		utopiaan	utopioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		utopia	utopiat
accusative	nom.	utopia	utopiat
	gen.	utopian
genitive		utopian	utopioiden utopioitten utopiain rare
partitive		utopiaa	utopioita
inessive		utopiassa	utopioissa
elative		utopiasta	utopioista
illative		utopiaan	utopioihin
adessive		utopialla	utopioilla
ablative		utopialta	utopioilta
allative		utopialle	utopioille
essive		utopiana	utopioina
translative		utopiaksi	utopioiksi
abessive		utopiatta	utopioitta
instructive		—	utopioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative utopiani utopiani accusative nom. utopiani utopiani gen. utopiani genitive utopiani utopioideni utopioitteni utopiaini rare partitive utopiaani utopioitani inessive utopiassani utopioissani elative utopiastani utopioistani illative utopiaani utopioihini adessive utopiallani utopioillani ablative utopialtani utopioiltani allative utopialleni utopioilleni essive utopianani utopioinani translative utopiakseni utopioikseni abessive utopiattani utopioittani instructive — — comitative — utopioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative utopiasi utopiasi accusative nom. utopiasi utopiasi gen. utopiasi genitive utopiasi utopioidesi utopioittesi utopiaisi rare partitive utopiaasi utopioitasi inessive utopiassasi utopioissasi elative utopiastasi utopioistasi illative utopiaasi utopioihisi adessive utopiallasi utopioillasi ablative utopialtasi utopioiltasi allative utopiallesi utopioillesi essive utopianasi utopioinasi translative utopiaksesi utopioiksesi abessive utopiattasi utopioittasi instructive — — comitative — utopioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative utopiamme utopiamme accusative nom. utopiamme utopiamme gen. utopiamme genitive utopiamme utopioidemme utopioittemme utopiaimme rare partitive utopiaamme utopioitamme inessive utopiassamme utopioissamme elative utopiastamme utopioistamme illative utopiaamme utopioihimme adessive utopiallamme utopioillamme ablative utopialtamme utopioiltamme allative utopiallemme utopioillemme essive utopianamme utopioinamme translative utopiaksemme utopioiksemme abessive utopiattamme utopioittamme instructive — — comitative — utopioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative utopianne utopianne accusative nom. utopianne utopianne gen. utopianne genitive utopianne utopioidenne utopioittenne utopiainne rare partitive utopiaanne utopioitanne inessive utopiassanne utopioissanne elative utopiastanne utopioistanne illative utopiaanne utopioihinne adessive utopiallanne utopioillanne ablative utopialtanne utopioiltanne allative utopiallenne utopioillenne essive utopiananne utopioinanne translative utopiaksenne utopioiksenne abessive utopiattanne utopioittanne instructive — — comitative — utopioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative utopiansa utopiansa accusative nom. utopiansa utopiansa gen. utopiansa genitive utopiansa utopioidensa utopioittensa utopiainsa rare partitive utopiaansa utopioitaan utopioitansa inessive utopiassaan utopiassansa utopioissaan utopioissansa elative utopiastaan utopiastansa utopioistaan utopioistansa illative utopiaansa utopioihinsa adessive utopiallaan utopiallansa utopioillaan utopioillansa ablative utopialtaan utopialtansa utopioiltaan utopioiltansa allative utopialleen utopiallensa utopioilleen utopioillensa essive utopianaan utopianansa utopioinaan utopioinansa translative utopiakseen utopiaksensa utopioikseen utopioiksensa abessive utopiattaan utopiattansa utopioittaan utopioittansa instructive — — comitative — utopioineen utopioinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• antiutopia

 

Further reading

• “utopia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• poutia, toipua

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.toˈpi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pì‧a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopie)

1. utopia

   Antonym: distopia

Derived terms

• utopico
• utopista

Related terms

• utopistico

Further reading

• utopia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French utopie, from New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system, in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈtɔ.pja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔpja
• Syllabification: u‧to‧pia

Noun

utopia f

1. utopia

   Synonym: mrzonka

Declension

Declension of utopia

	singular	plural
nominative	utopia	utopie
genitive	utopii	utopii/utopij (archaic)
dative	utopii	utopiom
accusative	utopię	utopie
instrumental	utopią	utopiami
locative	utopii	utopiach
vocative	utopio	utopie

Derived terms

adjectives

• antyutopijny
• utopiczny
• utopijny
• utopistyczny

 

adverb

• utopijnie

 

nouns

• antyutopia
• utopijczyk
• utopijność
• utopista
• utopistka
• utopizm

 

Further reading

• utopia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• utopia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.toˈpi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.toˈpi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.toˈpi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.tuˈpi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopias)

1. utopia

   Antonym: distopia

Derived terms

• utópico