2022: Creating a Lexicon of Future
D is for Dystopia
1 min readJan 17, 2022
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A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- “bad, hard” and τόπος “place”; alternatively cacotopia or simply anti-utopia) is a speculated community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is often treated as an antonym of utopia, a term that was coined by Sir Thomas More and figures as the title of his best known work, published in 1516, which created a blueprint for an ideal society with minimal crime, violence and poverty. The relationship between utopia and dystopia is in actuality not one simple opposition, as many utopian elements and…
