meaning of dystopia
dystopian. A dystopia (alternatively anti-utopia) is the antithesis of a utopian society. A dystopian society is usually characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government, or some other kind of oppressive social control. An anti-utopian society where, instead of a paradise, everything has gone wrong in the attempt to create a perfect society. The negative outcome and eventual failure of a society which has attempted to create the perfect society.