dystopian

English

Etymology

From dystopia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dystopian (comparative more dystopian, superlative most dystopian)

  1. Of or pertaining to a dystopia.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
      If Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games turns up on middle-school curricula 50 years from now—and as accessible dystopian science fiction with allusions to early-21st-century strife, that isn’t out of the question—the lazy students of the future can be assured that they can watch the movie version and still get better than a passing grade.
  2. Dire; characterized by human suffering or misery.

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Finnish

Noun

dystopian

  1. Genitive singular form of dystopia.
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