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dystopia
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dys·to·pi·a  (ds-tp-)
n.
1. An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
2. A work describing such a place or state: "dystopias such as Brave New World" Times Literary Supplement.
[dys- + (u)topia.]
dystopia
an imaginary place where the conditions and quality of life are unpleasant. The opposite of Utopia.
See also: Utopia
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Noun1.dystopia - state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
utopia - ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects
2.dystopia - a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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Other writers are named in "James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution" as creators of dystopias, such as London, Wells, Zamyatin, and Huxley, but they are not credited with wisdom as Shaw's "Chesterbelloc" is in the sentence above.
Orwell and Catholicism by Dugan, Lawrence / Modern Age
George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Ayn Rand, and other gifted writers have created fictional dystopias that illustrate totalitarian methods at work.
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Unlike many science fiction dystopias, this one seems uncomfortably realistic.
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