Subject: Dystopia
You donβt want to live here.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cyberpunk n. 1 (1984) | a subgenre of science fiction typified by a bleak, high-tech setting in which a lawless subculture exists within an oppressive society dominated by computer technology |
| dystopia n. 1 (1952) | a work set in a dystopia n. 2 |
| dystopia n. 2 (1955) | an imaginary place or state of affairs in which there is great suffering or injustice, esp. as the result of a totalitarian or dehumanizing political state; the genre of fiction set in such a situation; cf. utopia n. |
| dystopian n. (1868) | one who advocates or describes a dystopia n. 2 |
| dystopian adj. (1953) | of or pertaining to a dystopia n. 2 |
| dystopianism n. (1962) | dystopian quality or characteristics |
| dystopic adj. (1967) | of, pertaining to, or resembling a dystopia n. 2 |
| newspeak n. (1949) | the artificial language used for official propaganda in the dystopia of Orwellβs novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; (hence) any form of English regarded as dishonest, corrupt, etc.; esp. ambiguous or euphemistic language as used in official pronouncements or political propaganda |
| Orwellian adj. (1949) | characteristic or suggestive of the writings of George Orwell, esp. of the totalitarian state depicted in his dystopian account of the future, Nineteen Eighty-four (1949) |