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adjective

yu̇-ˈtō-pē-ən How to pronounce utopian (audio)
Definition of utopiannext
as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality a plan to revitalize the city's decaying downtown that proved to be overly ambitious and utopian

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utopian

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noun

as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities

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Recent Examples of utopian
Adjective
Already detectable here is the same mix of utopian politics and pragmatic can-do that would shape the emerging ethos of 2 Tone. — Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 The series is co-created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, and follows the origins of iconic League champions Vi and Jinx, two sisters who find themselves on either side of the power struggle between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underground city of Zaun. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
In attempting to build a new settlement out of whole cloth, these tech moguls are following a tradition started nearly a century ago by other American industrialists, who built company towns around their mills, and utopians who built remote communities in line with their social beliefs. — Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2023 But outside the Dorado Beach gates, life is far from a utopian as the decades-long crisis makes essential services, employment, and wealth inaccessible to locals, leaving Puerto Ricans unable to thrive at home. — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 3 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for utopian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for utopian
  1. romantic
  2. dreamer
  3. impractical
  4. idealistic
  5. idealist
  6. ideological
  7. quixotic
Adjective
  • After the invisible-car antics of Die Another Day, Daniel Craig's series of turns as Bond brought the franchise back to basics, beginning with 2006's romantic, suspenseful Casino Royale.
    — EW.com, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The moment was born out of a need for Edward to have something to do in the hotel while Vivian comes looking for him, leading into to a romantic sequence.
    — Kate Hogan, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of romantic
Noun
  • And with Neptune entering your sign on March 30th, get ready to tap into your inner dreamer.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • These dreamers are still dreaming, but the alarm is going off.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of dreamer
Adjective
  • European Army and the EU The nebulous idea of a European military has long floated around, but mostly dismissed as impractical and unnecessary while NATO exists in its current form.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The most innovative ideas often seem strange or impractical at first.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of impractical
Adjective
  • However, finding a free market that fully embodies this idealistic form of capitalism is difficult.
    — Gabrielle Boko, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The idealistic progressive laws of the seventies—those mandating environmental review, safety and anti-corruption standards, historic preservation, prevailing wages, and, most important, local power over zoning—had meant to protect small communities against moneyed interests.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of idealistic
Adjective
  • This, in turn, becomes logically reliant on the idealist paradigm of Consciousness as the fundamental lowest common denominator of reality.
    — Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Labour leader Starmer, though, has taken a realist rather than an idealist approach to the president, putting Britain's foreign policy interests above the strong opposition to Trump in the rank and file of his own party.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of idealist
Adjective
  • The decline comes as Democrats’ ideological wings fight over the best tactics to counter Trump, which, combined with raw political ambition, makes the emerging Democratic 2028 field a wide-open electoral canvass.
    — David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The scene is straight out of a stratagem by Pier Paolo Pasolini (Bertolucci’s mentor), but Palud takes it literally without applying comparable ideological critique to the rest of her film.
    — Armond White, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of ideological
Adjective
  • Or the sudden, quixotic tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Tarantino has a quixotic belief about what film can accomplish.
    — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of quixotic

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