utopian adj.
possessing or regarded as having impossibly or extravagantly ideal conditions in respect of politics, customs, social organization, etc.
SF Criticism
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1981
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Vonda N. McIntyre
The present may seem Utopian to you.
Entropy Effect v. 124 -
1989
J. M. Dillard
The reality was hardly a utopian dream.
Lost Years xv.296 -
1991 Locus Sept. 35/1
A mysterious woman has come to him and promised him that two doors, gateways into a Utopian existence, will always be at his disposal. It takes him years to realize that dreams of another world can prevent you from living in your own.
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antedating 1613
Earliest cite
Samuel Purchas, 'Pilgrimage'
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