dystopian
adj.adj. describing a future world where everything is very bad, scary, or unfair. You often see this in books or movies where a powerful government controls everyone.
adj. relating to or denoting an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic. Often used to describe speculative fiction that explores social and political structures.
The movie shows a dystopian future where robots rule the world.
Many young adult novels feature a dystopian setting where teenagers must fight against a corrupt and controlling government.
Critics argue that the author's latest work presents a dystopian vision of urban decay, where surveillance technology has completely eroded the boundary between public and private life.
From dystopia + -an.
Often used to modify nouns like 'future', 'society', 'novel', or 'vision'.