• Dystopian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /dɪs.ˈto(ÊŠ).pi.ÊŒn/

    Origin

    From dystopia + -an.

    Full definition of dystopian

    Adjective

    dystopian

    1. of or pertaining to a dystopia
      • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/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.
    2. dire; characterized by human suffering or misery
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