Utopia

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /juˈtəʊpɪə/
• US IPA: /juˈtoÊŠpiÉ™/

Origin

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 (topos, "place, region").

Full definition of utopia

Noun

1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
• 2013-05-10, Audrey Garric, Urban canopies let nature bloom, 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

Derived terms

• utopian