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dystopia
dystopia
English
Noun
dystopia (plural dystopias)
- A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
- A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
- (medicine) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
- The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.
Synonyms
- (vision): cacotopia, kakotopia, anti-utopia
- (medical condition): ectopia, ectopy, heterotopia, malposition
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
vision of a future
miserable society
medical condition
(*) The German word Dystopie is mainly used in the medical field.
(**) Is rarely used, instead the terms Anti-Utopia, Gegenutopie, or negative Utopie are used.
See also
Finnish
Noun
dystopia
Declension
| Inflection of dystopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dystopia | dystopiat | |
| genitive | dystopian | dystopioiden dystopioitten |
|
| partitive | dystopiaa | dystopioita | |
| illative | dystopiaan | dystopioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | dystopia | dystopiat | |
| accusative | nom. | dystopia | dystopiat |
| gen. | dystopian | ||
| genitive | dystopian | dystopioiden dystopioitten dystopiainrare |
|
| partitive | dystopiaa | dystopioita | |
| inessive | dystopiassa | dystopioissa | |
| elative | dystopiasta | dystopioista | |
| illative | dystopiaan | dystopioihin | |
| adessive | dystopialla | dystopioilla | |
| ablative | dystopialta | dystopioilta | |
| allative | dystopialle | dystopioille | |
| essive | dystopiana | dystopioina | |
| translative | dystopiaksi | dystopioiksi | |
| instructive | — | dystopioin | |
| abessive | dystopiatta | dystopioitta | |
| comitative | — | dystopioineen | |