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as in sky
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death
the mourners were comforted by their belief that the saintly woman was now experiencing the joys of Elysium
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as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness
the universal pipe dream that there exists somewhere an earthly Elysium where people live trouble-free lives
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Recent Examples of Elysium
This uncertainty makes Disco Elysium’s characters memorable, relatable, and moving.
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G Kirilloff, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Saturday: Rendez-Vous at Elysium Rendez-Vous is pinnacle Paris post-punk.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024
Ideas By Ed Simon October 31, 2024 7:00 AM EDT
Simon is the editor of Belt Magazine and the author of numerous books, including most recently Heaven, Hell and Paradise Lost, Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology, and Relic, part of the Object Lessons series.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
On the surface, Off the Grid is most comparable to Elysium, Blomkamp’s dystopian film starring Matt Damon as a factory worker who dons an experimental exoskeleton to fight his way off Earth and onto a luxurious space station fitted with medical technology that can cure his cancer.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
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G Kirilloff, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Saturday: Rendez-Vous at Elysium Rendez-Vous is pinnacle Paris post-punk.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024
Ideas By Ed Simon October 31, 2024 7:00 AM EDT
Simon is the editor of Belt Magazine and the author of numerous books, including most recently Heaven, Hell and Paradise Lost, Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology, and Relic, part of the Object Lessons series.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
On the surface, Off the Grid is most comparable to Elysium, Blomkamp’s dystopian film starring Matt Damon as a factory worker who dons an experimental exoskeleton to fight his way off Earth and onto a luxurious space station fitted with medical technology that can cure his cancer.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Elysium
Noun
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Tens of millions more in New Zealand and parts of Africa, Europe, and Russia could take in the sky show too.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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While Webb is designed to peer deep into small slivers of the sky, SPHEREx's wider field of view will observe the sky in all directions.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 2025
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It is being expected not just to produce a work environment that is fair and sustainable, but one that is a utopia where no one ever feels discomfort or a trigger.—
Marianne Schnall,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy of Bell Works The place’s dual nature — its existence on the border between utopia and dystopia — has always been a part of the aesthetics.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Chair Yoga with Susie, experience bliss and wellbeing.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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There, the two women reunite as wedding bliss gives way to murder and betrayal.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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So create your own little backyard paradise, and take it easy while sipping an ice-cold glass of sweet tea.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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From wellness-centric residential villas in Phuket to palatial properties in the hills of Koh Samui, there’s a surging interest in owning a piece of paradise in Thailand.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Giant old growth conifers rise towards the heavens while thick ferns and mosses blanket the forest floor, all combining to dampen sound.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
4 Mar. 2025
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Typically, missions surveying the heavens have wide fields of view but at only a handful of individual or groups of wavelengths of light.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Elysium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Elysium. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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