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Definition of dystopia noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dystopia

noun

NAmE//dɪsˈtoʊpiə//

an imaginary place or state in which everything is extremely bad or unpleasant compare utopia

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dystopian

NAmE//dɪsˈtoʊpiən//

(also dystopic

NAmE//dɪsˈtɑpɪk//

) adjectiveSee dystopia in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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