Meaning & use

utopian

adjective·Academic

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Relating to an imagined ideal society or state in which everything is perfect.

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Critics dismissed the plan as a utopian fantasy with no basis in reality.

The novel imagines a utopian world free of poverty and conflict.

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Often used skeptically to suggest an idea is admirable but impractical.

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