# utopia
## English
### Alternative forms

* Utopia

### Etymology

From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/
* Rhymes: -əʊpiə
* Homophone: eutopia

### Noun

utopia (countable and uncountable, plural utopia or utopias or utopiae)
* A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
** 1945, Chimera: A Literary Quarterly, page 22:Errors in time must be kept in mind when analyzing myths and utopiae. Utopiae are merely projections, on a less personal and wider scale, of Cinderella’s longing for a happy future.
** 1959, Civilisations, page 426:« Some peoples of Central or South Africa have conceived downright utopiae which enable them to build up a reality more tolerable than that in which they have to live daily ».
** 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131:As everyone knows, almost all booked passenger and freight trains are diagrammed into rosters for engines and men, and in an operating Utopia everything would work out daily according to plan.
** 1974, The Chesterton Review, page 262:Efficiency for the sake of efficiency, unchallenged authority conferred upon those who know well a few things and ignore everything else, disdain for the ordinary and humble elements that introduce happiness in our lives, worship of unattainable utopiae, are some of the features of the scheme which leads inevitably to the suppression of the eternal gifts bestowed by God upon every human person and to the frightful prospect of being ruled by what he vividly names “the Empire of the Insect.”
** 1979, Ian Scott-Kilvert, editor, British Writers, →ISBN, page 242:Orwell had correctly seen that the achievement of Wells’s ideas would be far from the frivolity of “Utopiae full of nude women” and visions of “super garden cities.”
** 1979, Folk-lore, page 118:An interesting observation is that folk verses while talking of high standards of morality refer only to precedent generations and not to would-be utopiae, which in fact would rule out the possibility of evolution of a civilization absent before.
** 1995, Cynthia Robinson, Palace Architecture and Ornament in the "Courtly" Discourse of the Muluk Al-tawaʻif: Metaphor and Utopia, pages 96, 326, and 582:According to his model, palace and poetry function in tandem in order to communicate to an audience the ideas of utopiae of power, victory, eternity, and perfection. […] The ruins function, not as an evocation of past civilizations, but as the setting for the poet's dallying and revelry in youthful pleasures; his "noble companions" (probably Christians, given the reference to the length of their hair) are subjugated to the length of their pleasure, a reference to the "stopping of time", one of the utopiae out of which was constructed the licentious world of the khamriyya. […] I believe that these two utopiae are related to a profound consciousness, on the part of taifa royalty and courtiers, of the particular mutability of their reality: […]
** 2006, Können uns und euch und niemand helfen, →ISBN, page 121:So in order to conclude, how can we combine all these different aspects of the characteristic cross-relationship of negative and positive utopiae which are to be understood as counter projects to what there actually is?
** 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 22, page 30:As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

#### Antonyms

* dystopia
* unutopia

#### Derived terms

* anti-utopia
* autopia
* blacktopia
* cyberutopia
* dystopia
* eutopia, Eutopia
* eutopic
* gaytopia
* heterotopia
* infotopia
* intimatopia
* pornotopia
* privatopia
* romantopia
* sextopia
* technoutopia
* techno-utopian, technoutopian, technotopian
* unutopia
* utopian, Utopian
* utopiate
* utopic
* utopical
* utopism
* utopist
* utopistic
* utopographer
* whitetopia

#### See also

* heaven
* paradise

### References

* ↑ Craig, John (F.G.S.). A New Universal Etymological, Technological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Science, Literature and Art. Vol. II. George Routledge & Company, London 1858, p. 1001.

## Catalan
### Noun

utopia f (plural utopies)
* utopia

#### Derived terms

* utòpic

## Danish
### Noun

utopia
* Alternative form of utopi.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From utopio +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [utoˈpia]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

### Adjective

utopia
* utopian

## Finnish
### Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈutopiɑ/, [ˈut̪o̞ˌpiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: uto‧pia

### Noun

utopia
* utopia

#### Declension

Possessive forms of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
utopiani
utopiani
accusative
nom.
utopiani
utopiani
gen.
utopiani
genitive
utopiani
utopioideni utopioitteni utopiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
utopiaani
utopioitani
inessive
utopiassani
utopioissani
elative
utopiastani
utopioistani
illative
utopiaani
utopioihini
adessive
utopiallani
utopioillani
ablative
utopialtani
utopioiltani
allative
utopialleni
utopioilleni
essive
utopianani
utopioinani
translative
utopiakseni
utopioikseni
abessive
utopiattani
utopioittani
instructive
comitative
—utopioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
utopiasi
utopiasi
accusative
nom.
utopiasi
utopiasi
gen.
utopiasi
genitive
utopiasi
utopioidesi utopioittesi utopiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
utopiaasi
utopioitasi
inessive
utopiassasi
utopioissasi
elative
utopiastasi
utopioistasi
illative
utopiaasi
utopioihisi
adessive
utopiallasi
utopioillasi
ablative
utopialtasi
utopioiltasi
allative
utopiallesi
utopioillesi
essive
utopianasi
utopioinasi
translative
utopiaksesi
utopioiksesi
abessive
utopiattasi
utopioittasi
instructive
comitative
—utopioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
utopiamme
utopiamme
accusative
nom.
utopiamme
utopiamme
gen.
utopiamme
genitive
utopiamme
utopioidemme utopioittemme utopiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
utopiaamme
utopioitamme
inessive
utopiassamme
utopioissamme
elative
utopiastamme
utopioistamme
illative
utopiaamme
utopioihimme
adessive
utopiallamme
utopioillamme
ablative
utopialtamme
utopioiltamme
allative
utopiallemme
utopioillemme
essive
utopianamme
utopioinamme
translative
utopiaksemme
utopioiksemme
abessive
utopiattamme
utopioittamme
instructive
comitative
—utopioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
utopianne
utopianne
accusative
nom.
utopianne
utopianne
gen.
utopianne
genitive
utopianne
utopioidenne utopioittenne utopiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
utopiaanne
utopioitanne
inessive
utopiassanne
utopioissanne
elative
utopiastanne
utopioistanne
illative
utopiaanne
utopioihinne
adessive
utopiallanne
utopioillanne
ablative
utopialtanne
utopioiltanne
allative
utopiallenne
utopioillenne
essive
utopiananne
utopioinanne
translative
utopiaksenne
utopioiksenne
abessive
utopiattanne
utopioittanne
instructive
comitative
—utopioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
utopiansa
utopiansa
accusative
nom.
utopiansa
utopiansa
gen.
utopiansa
genitive
utopiansa
utopioidensa utopioittensa utopiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
utopiaansa
utopioitaan utopioitansa
inessive
utopiassaan utopiassansa
utopioissaan utopioissansa
elative
utopiastaan utopiastansa
utopioistaan utopioistansa
illative
utopiaansa
utopioihinsa
adessive
utopiallaan utopiallansa
utopioillaan utopioillansa
ablative
utopialtaan utopialtansa
utopioiltaan utopioiltansa
allative
utopialleen utopiallensa
utopioilleen utopioillensa
essive
utopianaan utopianansa
utopioinaan utopioinansa
translative
utopiakseen utopiaksensa
utopioikseen utopioiksensa
abessive
utopiattaan utopiattansa
utopioittaan utopioittansa
instructive
comitative
—utopioineen utopioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* antiutopia

### Further reading

* “utopia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* poutia, toipua

## Italian
### Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u.toˈpi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: u‧to‧pì‧a

### Noun

utopia f (plural utopie)
* utopia
    Antonym: distopia

#### Derived terms

* utopico
* utopista

#### Related terms

* utopistico

### Further reading

* utopia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French utopie, from New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system, in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈtɔ.pja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔpja
* Syllabification: u‧to‧pia

### Noun

utopia f
* utopia
    Synonym: mrzonka

#### Derived terms

* antyutopijny
* utopiczny
* utopijny
* utopistyczny
* utopijnie
* antyutopia
* utopijczyk
* utopijność
* utopista
* utopistka
* utopizm

### Further reading

* utopia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* utopia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /u.toˈpi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /u.toˈpi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /u.toˈpi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /u.tuˈpi.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

### Noun

utopia f (plural utopias)
* utopia
    Antonym: distopia

#### Derived terms

* utópico