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Definition of dystopia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dystopia

noun

/dɪsˈtəʊpiə/

/dɪsˈtəʊpiə/

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an imaginary place or state in which everything is extremely bad or unpleasant compare utopia
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from dys- ‘bad’ + utopia.

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