U|to|pi|a

U|to|pi|a «yoo TOH pee uh», noun.

1. an ideal commonwealth where perfect justice and social harmony existed, as described in Utopia, by Sir Thomas More.

2. the island on which this commonwealth existed.

3. = utopia. (Cf. ↑utopia)

╂[< New Latin Utopia < Greek oú not + tópos place]

u|to|pi|a «yoo TOH pee uh», noun.

1. an ideal place or state with perfect laws: »

the wildest promises of an earthly utopia the day after tomorrow (William R. Inge).

2. a visionary, impractical system of political or social perfection: »

averse to all enthusiasm, mysticism, utopias and superstition (William E. H. Lecky).

╂[< Utopia]