utopian

• Utopian

utopia +‎ -an

• (General American) IPA^(key): /juˈtoʊpi.ən/

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utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)

1. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.

   utopian happiness

2. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.

   a utopian project

   Synonym: utopic

   Antonym: dystopian

   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point‎, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104:

     The Great Society was never, in my mind, just a visionary utopian ideal. I considered it a realistic outline of what this nation could achieve in a limited period of time if we marshaled our will and committed our resources.

• unrealistic

• imperfect, pragmatic, realistic

• utopic

utopian (plural utopians)

1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
   • 1941, Arthur Kissam Train, The Story of Everyday Things, Harper & Brothers, page 390:

     One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include “feelies” and “smellies.”

   • 2007 June 29, Michiko Kakutani, “The Cult of the Amateur”, in New York Times‎:

     Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 […] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees.

• opuntia

utopian

1. genitive singular of utopia

• opuntia