Word noun
utopia
n.
US /juˈtoʊpiə/ UK /juːtˈəʊpiə/ utopia UK spelling utopias
Definition
- 01 C1 Advanced
a plan or idea for a perfect world that is probably impossible to achieve.
a visionary but usually impractical scheme for social improvement. In this sense, the term often carries a slight nuance of being unrealistic or unattainable.
Simple“His idea for a city with no cars sounds like a utopia, but it might not work.”
In context“Critics dismissed the candidate's economic policy as a mere utopia, arguing that it failed to account for the complexities of global trade.”
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Level B2 · Upper Intermediate
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