utopianism
pronunciation
How to pronounce utopianism in British English:
UK [juˈtəupiənizəm]
How to pronounce utopianism in American English:
US [juˈtopiəˌnɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- the political orientation of a utopian who believes in impossibly idealistic schemes social perfection
Word Origin
- utopianism (n.)
- 1783, from utopian + -ism.
Example
- 1. This utopianism is almost nowhere to be found today .
- 2. But biological explanations of human behaviour are making a comeback as the generation of academics that feared them as a covert way of justifying eugenics , or of thwarting marxist utopianism , is retiring .
- 3. Welfare utopianism is an anglican tradition .
- 4. His pragmatism has finally won out against his brother 's doctrinaire utopianism .
- 5. Industrialism redeemed , technology triumphant : this is the familiar scenario of technophiliac utopianism .