cacotopia


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cacotopia

(ˌkækəˈtəʊpɪə)
n
a dystopia
[C19: from caco- + Utopia ]
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Thus, references are made to utopia (11) and antiutopia or counterutopia, eutopia and dystopia (12) or cacotopia (13), semi-utopia, pseudoutopia and dys-utopia (14), utopian satire and satirical utopia (15), parodie utopia, inverted utopia, pseudo-utopia and semi-utopia, heterotopia and polytopia, entopia (16) ("en" signifying in, at the scene of the place, i.e.
From Eden to Utopia a morphology of the Utopian genre
Beaumont labels this sub-variety the "cacotopia," using the word coined by Jeremy Bentham, in a self-conscious riposte to Thomas More, to indicate the geographical location of the worst (as opposed to best) form of government.
Matthew Beaumont. Utopia Ltd. Ideologies of Social Dreaming in England 1870-1900

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