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1. If you describe a plan or idea as utopian, you are criticizing it because it is unrealistic and shows a belief that things can be improved much more than is possible. He was pursuing a utopian dream of world prosperity... A complete absence of national border controls is as utopian today as the vision of world government. = idealistic ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. Utopian is used to describe political or religious philosophies which claim that it is possible to build a new and perfect society in which everyone is happy. (FORMAL) His was a utopian vision of nature in its purest form. ADJ: usu ADJ n
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I. adjective Usage: often capitalized Date: 1551 1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a utopia; especially having impossibly ideal conditions especially of social organization 2. proposing or advocating impractically ideal social and political schemes ~ idealists 3. impossibly ideal ; visionary recognised the ~ nature of his hopes — C. S. Kilby 4. believing in, advocating, or having the characteristics of ~ socialism ~ doctrines ~ novels II. noun Date: circa 1873 1. one who believes in the perfectibility of human society 2. one who proposes or advocates ~ schemes ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. (also utopian) --adj. characteristic of Utopia; idealistic. --n. an idealistic reformer. Derivatives Utopianism n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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