UTOPIAN


Meaning of UTOPIAN in English

1.

If you describe a plan or idea as ~, 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 ~ dream of world prosperity...

A complete absence of national border controls is as ~ today as the vision of world government.

= idealistic

ADJ 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 ~ vision of nature in its purest form.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

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