noun
utopia
yoo-TOH-pee-uh
noun
1
An imagined place or state of affairs in which everything is perfect.
"The novel imagines a utopia free of poverty and war."
"Critics called the plan a utopia that could never work in practice."
How to Use Utopia
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn ideal, perfect world or society, usually one that only exists in imagination.
Easily confused with
dystopia
Word Forms
utopia plural, utopias plural, utopiae plural
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Etymology
Coined by Sir Thomas More in his 1516 book Utopia, from Greek ou ("not") + topos ("place") — literally "no place."