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utopian

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u·to·pi·an  (y-tp-n)
adj.
1. often Utopian Of, relating to, describing or having the characteristics of a Utopia: a Utopian island; Utopian novels.
2.
a. Excellent or ideal but impracticable; visionary: a utopian scheme for equalizing wealth.
b. Proposing impracticably ideal schemes.
n.
A zealous but impractical reformer of human society.

Utopian [juːˈtəʊpɪən] (sometimes not capital)
adj
of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence
n
an idealistic social reformer
Utopianism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Utopian - an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform
Adj.1.utopianUtopian - of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; "a Utopian novel"
2.utopian - characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes"
perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"
dystopian - as bad as can be; characterized by human misery; "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag

utopian
adjective
perfect, ideal, romantic, dream, fantasy, imaginary, visionary, airy, idealistic, fanciful, impractical, illusory, chimerical He was pursuing a utopian dream of world prosperity.
noun
dreamer, visionary, idealist, Don Quixote, romanticist Kennedy had no patience with dreamers or liberal utopians.
Translations
Utopian [juːˈtəʊpɪən]
A. ADJ [dream etc] → utópico; [person] → utopista
B. Nutopista mf
Utopian
adjutopisch, utopistisch (pej)
nUtopist(in) m(f)
utopian [juːˈtəʊpɪən] adjutopico/a
utopian [juːˈtəʊpɪən] adjutopico/a


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These proposals, therefore, are of a purely Utopian character.
A man must be far gone in Utopian speculations who can seriously doubt that, if these States should either be wholly disunited, or only united in partial confederacies, the subdivisions into which they might be thrown would have frequent and violent contests with each other.
Noirtier possessed this peculiarity, he never projected any Utopian schemes which could never be realized, but strove for possibilities, and he applied to the realization of these possibilities the terrible theories of The Mountain, -- theories that never shrank from any means that were deemed necessary to bring about the desired result.
 
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