Definition of utopian in English:

utopian

adjective juːˈtəʊpɪənjuˈtoʊpiən

Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.
a utopian ideology
it is easy to dismiss this as naive or utopian
Example sentencesExamples
- Progressive reform aims to move ahead toward an ideal or utopian future.
- We had too many utopian ideals force-fed to us to believe that the EU is the answer to all our problems.
- He was committed to utopian politics which sought to create a human society informed by the highest artistic ideals.
- The exhibition features detailed but unrealised designs for futuristic new ways of living and utopian ideals of the perfect living space.
- It was a time of struggle, but it was also a time of utopian hope.
- Every era has its utopian movements that hold out the promise of social perfectability.
- In other words, modernity has become critical of modernism and of its own utopian absolutism.
- This alternative to capitalist globalization, of course, sounds very utopian.
- Internationalism is not simply a utopian ideal, but an urgent practical necessity.
- A deeply divided political class nourished a range of conflicting and often utopian ideological goals.
- Whatever else they may have been, they were not utopian social engineers.
- Jones also fills the text with knowledgeable references to bee-keeping and the apian colony as utopian ideal.
- Their concern is that utopian aspirations towards a new peaceful world order will simply absolutize conflicts and make them more intractable.
- As the brutal realities of civil war exploded the idealistic notion of America as a utopian paradise, romantic naturalism lost its allure.
- This time there is no grand strategic vision to work toward, no utopian ideals.
- First and perhaps most important is a resistance to utopian thinking.
- These books are an indictment of uncompromising, fanatical, and utopian ideology.
- Let me emphasise the point that the establishment of such a society is not some kind of utopian dream.
- No matter how corrupt and depraved it is in practice, the organisation's sunny utopian image endures.
- At that point, science and the transformation of society were necessarily seen in utopian terms.
Synonyms
unworldly, non-materialistic, non-material, immaterial
progressive, reforming, socialist
ideal, paradisal, heavenly, idyllic, blissful, divine, sublime, Elysian, perfect
literary Arcadian, Erewhonian
rare Edenic, paradisiacal, paradisaical, paradisical
idealistic, visionary, perfectionist, romantic, idealized, fairy-tale, quixotic, starry-eyed, fanciful, unrealistic, impracticable

noun juːˈtəʊpɪənjuˈtoʊpiən

An idealistic reformer.
he describes himself as an educational Utopian
Example sentencesExamples
- Far from being armchair utopians, jurisdictionalist and regalist writers collaborated with statesmen to bring about reform.
- They find that senior military leaders tend to be technological utopians incapable of using historical perspectives and cultural insights to shape the future military.
- Were they courageous visionaries, or romantic utopians?
- There was no stopping the free-market utopians ' cultural momentum, in part because the crisis was quickly contained and the paper boom roared on.
- How can utopians dream of changing the world when it is so difficult to lose an inch off one's waistline?
- It is just the kind of thing the utopians in government wanted to try to alleviate, yet they have made it worse.
- But I urge you not to be deceived by the false promise of utopians that we can somehow create the peace of Heaven here on earth.
- It is not only radical utopians, however, who feel inheritance is unjust, but also conservatives have argued that inheritance stifles the entrepreneurial capacity of capitalism.
- And to think, feeble-minded utopians like myself have denigrated what should be a time of dour reflection.
- Catering for the needs of the populace appears to have been a major preoccupation of utopians.
- Sadly, web utopians will just have to accept that the internet is ultimately no different to that previously-hailed great leveller: the printed word.
- We will no longer be able to count on human nature to serve as a source of resistance to radical utopians because human nature will become more malleable.
- The idea of a classical republic inspired a tradition of thought which, overtaken by the new politics of reason of state in early modern times, was preserved largely in the writings of philosophers, utopians, and pamphleteers.
- The utopians ' mistake of hyperrationalism is also one of the errors of the post-modernists, who hold that irrational prejudices may be overcome by multiculturalist homilies.
- Throughout the twentieth century, radicals, revolutionaries, feminists, utopians and unionists competed for their hearts and minds to lead the people's procession.
- Dropping out was the great weakness of the sixties utopians.
- In 1968, who would have believed it possible that the left would be home to the dreary old ‘realists’ while the right would be full of utopians?
- Students, passionate idealists by nature, but in a different camp from the old-school utopians, were most sensitive to the faults of their society.
- As ever, the utopians and cynics have both jumped into the fray.
- These cooperators were not utopians, but rather male heads of households seeking to make it to old age without upsetting the status quo.
Synonyms
utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, walter mitty, don quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person

Origin

Mid 16th century: from utopia + -an.

Definition of utopian in US English:

utopian

adjectivejuˈtoʊpiənyo͞oˈtōpēən

Modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.
a utopian ideology
it is easy to dismiss this as naive or utopian
Example sentencesExamples
- This alternative to capitalist globalization, of course, sounds very utopian.
- No matter how corrupt and depraved it is in practice, the organisation's sunny utopian image endures.
- This time there is no grand strategic vision to work toward, no utopian ideals.
- Whatever else they may have been, they were not utopian social engineers.
- As the brutal realities of civil war exploded the idealistic notion of America as a utopian paradise, romantic naturalism lost its allure.
- The exhibition features detailed but unrealised designs for futuristic new ways of living and utopian ideals of the perfect living space.
- We had too many utopian ideals force-fed to us to believe that the EU is the answer to all our problems.
- Progressive reform aims to move ahead toward an ideal or utopian future.
- In other words, modernity has become critical of modernism and of its own utopian absolutism.
- It was a time of struggle, but it was also a time of utopian hope.
- First and perhaps most important is a resistance to utopian thinking.
- A deeply divided political class nourished a range of conflicting and often utopian ideological goals.
- Their concern is that utopian aspirations towards a new peaceful world order will simply absolutize conflicts and make them more intractable.
- Let me emphasise the point that the establishment of such a society is not some kind of utopian dream.
- He was committed to utopian politics which sought to create a human society informed by the highest artistic ideals.
- At that point, science and the transformation of society were necessarily seen in utopian terms.
- These books are an indictment of uncompromising, fanatical, and utopian ideology.
- Jones also fills the text with knowledgeable references to bee-keeping and the apian colony as utopian ideal.
- Internationalism is not simply a utopian ideal, but an urgent practical necessity.
- Every era has its utopian movements that hold out the promise of social perfectability.
Synonyms
unworldly, non-materialistic, non-material, immaterial
idealistic, visionary, perfectionist, romantic, idealized, fairy-tale, quixotic, starry-eyed, fanciful, unrealistic, impracticable

nounjuˈtoʊpiənyo͞oˈtōpēən

An idealistic reformer.
he describes himself as an educational Utopian
Example sentencesExamples
- Throughout the twentieth century, radicals, revolutionaries, feminists, utopians and unionists competed for their hearts and minds to lead the people's procession.
- We will no longer be able to count on human nature to serve as a source of resistance to radical utopians because human nature will become more malleable.
- There was no stopping the free-market utopians ' cultural momentum, in part because the crisis was quickly contained and the paper boom roared on.
- They find that senior military leaders tend to be technological utopians incapable of using historical perspectives and cultural insights to shape the future military.
- It is not only radical utopians, however, who feel inheritance is unjust, but also conservatives have argued that inheritance stifles the entrepreneurial capacity of capitalism.
- Dropping out was the great weakness of the sixties utopians.
- Were they courageous visionaries, or romantic utopians?
- The idea of a classical republic inspired a tradition of thought which, overtaken by the new politics of reason of state in early modern times, was preserved largely in the writings of philosophers, utopians, and pamphleteers.
- Sadly, web utopians will just have to accept that the internet is ultimately no different to that previously-hailed great leveller: the printed word.
- It is just the kind of thing the utopians in government wanted to try to alleviate, yet they have made it worse.
- And to think, feeble-minded utopians like myself have denigrated what should be a time of dour reflection.
- How can utopians dream of changing the world when it is so difficult to lose an inch off one's waistline?
- Far from being armchair utopians, jurisdictionalist and regalist writers collaborated with statesmen to bring about reform.
- In 1968, who would have believed it possible that the left would be home to the dreary old ‘realists’ while the right would be full of utopians?
- As ever, the utopians and cynics have both jumped into the fray.
- The utopians ' mistake of hyperrationalism is also one of the errors of the post-modernists, who hold that irrational prejudices may be overcome by multiculturalist homilies.
- Catering for the needs of the populace appears to have been a major preoccupation of utopians.
- Students, passionate idealists by nature, but in a different camp from the old-school utopians, were most sensitive to the faults of their society.
- These cooperators were not utopians, but rather male heads of households seeking to make it to old age without upsetting the status quo.
- But I urge you not to be deceived by the false promise of utopians that we can somehow create the peace of Heaven here on earth.
Synonyms
utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, walter mitty, don quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person

Origin

Mid 16th century: from utopia + -an.

词汇	utopian
释义	Definition of utopian in English: utopian adjective juːˈtəʊpɪənjuˈtoʊpiən Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. a utopian ideology it is easy to dismiss this as naive or utopian Example sentencesExamples Progressive reform aims to move ahead toward an ideal or utopian future. We had too many utopian ideals force-fed to us to believe that the EU is the answer to all our problems. He was committed to utopian politics which sought to create a human society informed by the highest artistic ideals. The exhibition features detailed but unrealised designs for futuristic new ways of living and utopian ideals of the perfect living space. It was a time of struggle, but it was also a time of utopian hope. Every era has its utopian movements that hold out the promise of social perfectability. In other words, modernity has become critical of modernism and of its own utopian absolutism. This alternative to capitalist globalization, of course, sounds very utopian. Internationalism is not simply a utopian ideal, but an urgent practical necessity. A deeply divided political class nourished a range of conflicting and often utopian ideological goals. Whatever else they may have been, they were not utopian social engineers. Jones also fills the text with knowledgeable references to bee-keeping and the apian colony as utopian ideal. Their concern is that utopian aspirations towards a new peaceful world order will simply absolutize conflicts and make them more intractable. As the brutal realities of civil war exploded the idealistic notion of America as a utopian paradise, romantic naturalism lost its allure. This time there is no grand strategic vision to work toward, no utopian ideals. First and perhaps most important is a resistance to utopian thinking. These books are an indictment of uncompromising, fanatical, and utopian ideology. Let me emphasise the point that the establishment of such a society is not some kind of utopian dream. No matter how corrupt and depraved it is in practice, the organisation's sunny utopian image endures. At that point, science and the transformation of society were necessarily seen in utopian terms. Synonyms unworldly, non-materialistic, non-material, immaterial progressive, reforming, socialist ideal, paradisal, heavenly, idyllic, blissful, divine, sublime, Elysian, perfect literary Arcadian, Erewhonian rare Edenic, paradisiacal, paradisaical, paradisical idealistic, visionary, perfectionist, romantic, idealized, fairy-tale, quixotic, starry-eyed, fanciful, unrealistic, impracticable noun juːˈtəʊpɪənjuˈtoʊpiən An idealistic reformer. he describes himself as an educational Utopian Example sentencesExamples Far from being armchair utopians, jurisdictionalist and regalist writers collaborated with statesmen to bring about reform. They find that senior military leaders tend to be technological utopians incapable of using historical perspectives and cultural insights to shape the future military. Were they courageous visionaries, or romantic utopians? There was no stopping the free-market utopians ' cultural momentum, in part because the crisis was quickly contained and the paper boom roared on. How can utopians dream of changing the world when it is so difficult to lose an inch off one's waistline? It is just the kind of thing the utopians in government wanted to try to alleviate, yet they have made it worse. But I urge you not to be deceived by the false promise of utopians that we can somehow create the peace of Heaven here on earth. It is not only radical utopians, however, who feel inheritance is unjust, but also conservatives have argued that inheritance stifles the entrepreneurial capacity of capitalism. And to think, feeble-minded utopians like myself have denigrated what should be a time of dour reflection. Catering for the needs of the populace appears to have been a major preoccupation of utopians. Sadly, web utopians will just have to accept that the internet is ultimately no different to that previously-hailed great leveller: the printed word. We will no longer be able to count on human nature to serve as a source of resistance to radical utopians because human nature will become more malleable. The idea of a classical republic inspired a tradition of thought which, overtaken by the new politics of reason of state in early modern times, was preserved largely in the writings of philosophers, utopians, and pamphleteers. The utopians ' mistake of hyperrationalism is also one of the errors of the post-modernists, who hold that irrational prejudices may be overcome by multiculturalist homilies. Throughout the twentieth century, radicals, revolutionaries, feminists, utopians and unionists competed for their hearts and minds to lead the people's procession. Dropping out was the great weakness of the sixties utopians. In 1968, who would have believed it possible that the left would be home to the dreary old ‘realists’ while the right would be full of utopians? Students, passionate idealists by nature, but in a different camp from the old-school utopians, were most sensitive to the faults of their society. As ever, the utopians and cynics have both jumped into the fray. These cooperators were not utopians, but rather male heads of households seeking to make it to old age without upsetting the status quo. Synonyms utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, walter mitty, don quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person Origin Mid 16th century: from utopia + -an. Definition of utopian in US English: utopian adjectivejuˈtoʊpiənyo͞oˈtōpēən Modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. a utopian ideology it is easy to dismiss this as naive or utopian Example sentencesExamples This alternative to capitalist globalization, of course, sounds very utopian. No matter how corrupt and depraved it is in practice, the organisation's sunny utopian image endures. This time there is no grand strategic vision to work toward, no utopian ideals. Whatever else they may have been, they were not utopian social engineers. As the brutal realities of civil war exploded the idealistic notion of America as a utopian paradise, romantic naturalism lost its allure. The exhibition features detailed but unrealised designs for futuristic new ways of living and utopian ideals of the perfect living space. We had too many utopian ideals force-fed to us to believe that the EU is the answer to all our problems. Progressive reform aims to move ahead toward an ideal or utopian future. In other words, modernity has become critical of modernism and of its own utopian absolutism. It was a time of struggle, but it was also a time of utopian hope. First and perhaps most important is a resistance to utopian thinking. A deeply divided political class nourished a range of conflicting and often utopian ideological goals. Their concern is that utopian aspirations towards a new peaceful world order will simply absolutize conflicts and make them more intractable. Let me emphasise the point that the establishment of such a society is not some kind of utopian dream. He was committed to utopian politics which sought to create a human society informed by the highest artistic ideals. At that point, science and the transformation of society were necessarily seen in utopian terms. These books are an indictment of uncompromising, fanatical, and utopian ideology. Jones also fills the text with knowledgeable references to bee-keeping and the apian colony as utopian ideal. Internationalism is not simply a utopian ideal, but an urgent practical necessity. Every era has its utopian movements that hold out the promise of social perfectability. Synonyms unworldly, non-materialistic, non-material, immaterial idealistic, visionary, perfectionist, romantic, idealized, fairy-tale, quixotic, starry-eyed, fanciful, unrealistic, impracticable nounjuˈtoʊpiənyo͞oˈtōpēən An idealistic reformer. he describes himself as an educational Utopian Example sentencesExamples Throughout the twentieth century, radicals, revolutionaries, feminists, utopians and unionists competed for their hearts and minds to lead the people's procession. We will no longer be able to count on human nature to serve as a source of resistance to radical utopians because human nature will become more malleable. There was no stopping the free-market utopians ' cultural momentum, in part because the crisis was quickly contained and the paper boom roared on. They find that senior military leaders tend to be technological utopians incapable of using historical perspectives and cultural insights to shape the future military. It is not only radical utopians, however, who feel inheritance is unjust, but also conservatives have argued that inheritance stifles the entrepreneurial capacity of capitalism. Dropping out was the great weakness of the sixties utopians. Were they courageous visionaries, or romantic utopians? The idea of a classical republic inspired a tradition of thought which, overtaken by the new politics of reason of state in early modern times, was preserved largely in the writings of philosophers, utopians, and pamphleteers. Sadly, web utopians will just have to accept that the internet is ultimately no different to that previously-hailed great leveller: the printed word. It is just the kind of thing the utopians in government wanted to try to alleviate, yet they have made it worse. And to think, feeble-minded utopians like myself have denigrated what should be a time of dour reflection. How can utopians dream of changing the world when it is so difficult to lose an inch off one's waistline? Far from being armchair utopians, jurisdictionalist and regalist writers collaborated with statesmen to bring about reform. In 1968, who would have believed it possible that the left would be home to the dreary old ‘realists’ while the right would be full of utopians? As ever, the utopians and cynics have both jumped into the fray. The utopians ' mistake of hyperrationalism is also one of the errors of the post-modernists, who hold that irrational prejudices may be overcome by multiculturalist homilies. Catering for the needs of the populace appears to have been a major preoccupation of utopians. Students, passionate idealists by nature, but in a different camp from the old-school utopians, were most sensitive to the faults of their society. These cooperators were not utopians, but rather male heads of households seeking to make it to old age without upsetting the status quo. But I urge you not to be deceived by the false promise of utopians that we can somehow create the peace of Heaven here on earth. Synonyms utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, walter mitty, don quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person Origin Mid 16th century: from utopia + -an.
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