Dystopia
WordNet
noun
(1) A work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
(2) State in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
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Etymology
From δυστοπία “bad place, unlucky place”, from prefix δυσ- “un-, mis-”, with notion of “hard, bad, unlucky”, etc. + τόπος “place, region”, metaph. “occasion, opportunity”.
Noun
- A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society
- State in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
- Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
- The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.