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Webster 1913 Edition


Utopian

U-to′pi-an

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections;
as,
Utopian
projects;
Utopian
happiness
.

U-to′pi-an

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Noun.
An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition


Utopian

UTO'PIAN

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Adj.
[from More's Utopia.] Ideal; chimerical; fanciful; not well founded.

Definition 2024


utopian

utopian

English

Adjective

utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)

  1. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
    a utopian project
  2. of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
    utopian happiness

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Noun

utopian (plural utopians)

  1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia
    • 2007 June 29, Michiko Kakutani, “The Cult of the Amateur”, in New York Times:
      Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 [] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees.

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Finnish

Noun

utopian

  1. Genitive singular form of utopia.

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