utopia
Imagined perfect world
A utopia is an imagined perfect society where everything works harmoniously—no poverty, no injustice, no conflict.
The word often carries a tinge of skepticism, implying such perfection is unattainable: His vision of a classless society was dismissed as utopia.
Utopian thinking can be idealistic dreaming or genuine social philosophy. (Capitalized Utopia is the fictional island from Thomas More's 1516 book.)
Absence of any fault
- flawlessEntirely without fault
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
quintessence · zenith · acme · archetype · blueprint · optimization · immaculate · pristine
Scriptural original paradise
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
- ElysiumGreek afterlife for heroes
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- heavenSky or bliss
nirvana · Avalon · promised land · Zion · New Jerusalem · Xanadu · El Dorado
Shared-living community
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
communalism · kibbutz · democracy · commonwealth · self-governance · polity · communitarian · phalanx
Freedom from disturbance
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- concordMutual agreement, peaceful relations
- accordHarmony between parties
- cohesionTendency to bind together
cooperation · consensus · amity · tranquility · serenity · fellowship · solidarity · coexistence
One given to fantasies
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
futurist · blueprinter · speculative · imaginer · perfectionist · radical · revolutionary · millennialist
Mockery exposing vice
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- speculative fictionGenre of imagined realities
- genreCategory of creative work
- cautionaryServing as warning
worldbuilding · thought experiment · fiction · narrative · imaginary
Point where values explode
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- solarpunkEco-optimist speculative genre
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
cyberspace · transhumanism · automation · abundance · replicator · clean energy · smart city · sustainable
perfection
Absence of any fault
- flawlessEntirely without fault
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- epitomePerfect representative of type
pinnacle · quintessence · zenith · acme · archetype · blueprint · optimization · immaculate · pristine · exemplary
Eden
Scriptural original paradise
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
- ElysiumGreek afterlife for heroes
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
heaven · nirvana · Avalon · promised land · Zion · New Jerusalem · Xanadu · El Dorado
commune
Shared-living community
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
socialism · communalism · kibbutz · democracy · commonwealth · self-governance · polity · communitarian · phalanx · intentional community
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- concordMutual agreement, peaceful relations
- accordHarmony between parties
cohesion · cooperation · consensus · amity · tranquility · serenity · fellowship · solidarity · coexistence · brotherhood
dreamer
One given to fantasies
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
pioneer · futurist · blueprinter · speculative · imaginer · perfectionist · radical · revolutionary · millennialist · messianic
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- speculative fictionGenre of imagined realities
- genreCategory of creative work
cautionary · worldbuilding · thought experiment · fiction · narrative · imaginary
singularity
Point where values explode
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- solarpunkEco-optimist speculative genre
megacity · cyberspace · transhumanism · automation · abundance · replicator · clean energy · smart city · sustainable · eco-city
- Paradisesparadise, Eden, Garden of Eden, Shangri-La, Elysium
- Sci-Fi Settingsspace station, spaceship, starship, alien planet, moon base
- social fictionsocial realism, social critique, protest novel, social drama, muckraking
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- storiesstory, tale, tales, myth, legend
- prosenovel, novels, short story, novellas, essay
utopiadystopia
Imaginary terrible society
anti-utopia · hell on earth · police state · failed state · wasteland
utopiareality
What actually exists
real world · actuality · harsh reality · the here and now · everyday life
- utopian societyIdealized perfect community
- utopian communityPlanned settlement seeking perfection
- utopian visionImagined perfect society
- utopian idealsBeliefs in achievable perfection
- socialist utopiaPerfect egalitarian collective society
- utopian societiesEnvisioned perfect social orders