Definitions for utopiayuˈtoʊ pi ə

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

U•to•pi•ayuˈtoʊ pi ə(n.)(pl.)-pi•as.

an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
Category: Literature, Philosphy
(usu. l.c.) any ideal place or state.
Category: Philosphy, Common Vocabulary
(usu. l.c.) any visionary system of political or social perfection.
Category: Philosphy

Origin of Utopia:

< NL (1516) < Gk ou not +tóp(os) a place +-ia -y3

Princeton's WordNet

Utopia(noun)
a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island
utopia(noun)
ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects
utopia(noun)
a work of fiction describing a utopia
Utopia, Zion, Sion(noun)
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal

Wiktionary

utopia(Noun)
A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
Utopia(ProperNoun)
The satirical treatise on government by Sir Thomas More, from which the term utopia was coined.

Origin: The name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from οὐ + τόπος.

Webster Dictionary

Utopia(noun)
an imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction
Utopia(noun)
hence, any place or state of ideal perfection

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Utopia
an imaginary island described by Sir Thomas More, and represented as possessing a perfect political organisation, and which has given name to all schemes which aim at the like impossible perfection, though often applied to such as are not so much impossible in themselves as impracticable for want of the due individual virtue and courage to realise them.

The Roycroft Dictionary

utopia
A place where you have but to suggest a thing, to consider it done; a condition where all things are supplied on slipping a wish into a slot.

Translations for utopia

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Utopia(noun)

an imaginary country that has a perfect social and political system.

utopieAfrikaans
المَدينَةُ الفاضِلَهArabic
утипияBulgarian
utopiaPortuguese (BR)
UtopieCzech
die UtopieGerman
UtopiaDanish
Ουτοπία (φανταστική χώρα με τέλειο κοινωνικό και πολιτικό σύστημα)Greek
UtopíaSpanish
UtoopiaEstonian
مدینه فاضلهFarsi
utopiaFinnish
UtopieFrench
אוּטוֹפּיָהHebrew
आदर्श-राज्यHindi
UtopijaCroatian
utópiaHungarian
utopiaIndonesian
ºtópía; staðleysaIcelandic
UtopiaItalian
理想郷Japanese
유토피아Korean
utopijaLithuanian
UtopijaLatvian
utopiaMalay
UtopiaDutch
idealsamfunnet; utopi, UtopiaNorwegian
utopiaPolish
مدینه فاضلهPersian
خيالي ټاپو، خيالي نړۍ، يوداسې خيالي ټاپو چې په (١٥١٦) ع كال كې سر ټامس موردافسانې په توګه انځورلى اوپه هغې كې يې اجتماعي نظام په خاص ډول كامل ښوولى دى، داسې ښكلى ځاى چېپه خيالونو كې وي مګر په واقعي ډګر كې نه ويPashto
utopiaPortuguese
utopieRomanian
утопияRussian
UtópiaSlovak
UtopijaSlovenian
utopijaSerbian
Utopien, UtopiaSwedish
ดินแดนในอุดมคติThai
düş ülke, ütopyaTurkish
烏托邦Chinese (Trad.)
утопіяUkrainian
خيالي ملک جہاں کا نظام بہت اچھا ہوUrdu
xã hôi không tưởngVietnamese
乌托邦Chinese (Simp.)