utopian vision
Flawless society imagined
A utopian vision is an imagined ideal society or state of perfection—a conception of how things could be if human problems were solved: Her utopian vision included universal healthcare and the end of poverty.
The phrase often carries a note of skepticism, suggesting the vision may be noble but impractical: Critics dismissed the plan as utopian vision rather than workable policy.
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- social harmonyPeaceful coexistence among people
- perfectibilityCapacity to become flawless
- equalitySame status for all
common good · altruism · egalitarianism · promised land · community · solidarity · democracy · justice · humanism · grand design · perfectionism · collectivism · sustainability · progressivism · transcendentalism · cooperation · dreamworld · science fiction
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- Art Philosophyromanticism, transcendentalism, sublime, beauty, symbolism
- modernismPicasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Braque, Kandinsky
- Millenarianismmillennium, millenarianism, end times, second coming, rapture
- Soviet LiteratureSolzhenitsyn, Boris Pasternak, Pasternak, Babel, Grossman
utopian visiondystopia
Imaginary terrible society
hellscape · apocalyptic vision · anti-utopia · societal collapse · failed state
utopian visionpolitical realism
Pragmatic statecraft prioritizing interests
status quo · realpolitik · muddling through · fallen world · primitivism