dystopian future
Bleak societal projection
A dystopian future is an imagined time ahead characterized by oppression, suffering, or societal collapse—the opposite of utopia.
The phrase appears in discussions of fiction, politics, and technology: The novel depicts a dystopian future where corporations control all resources.
Often invoked as warning: If we don't act on climate change, we're headed for a dystopian future.
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- thought policeSuppressors of forbidden beliefs
- technocracyGovernance by technical experts
- alienationState of being isolated
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
climate change · oppression · class divide · Big Brother · despair · walled city · resistance movements · propaganda · cyberpunk · Orwellian · rebellion · drone warfare · censorship · pollution · extinction · apocalypse · last survivors · surveillance state
dystopian futureutopia
Imagined perfect society
paradise · ideal society · perfect world · heaven on earth · golden age