utopianism
Pursuit of perfection
Utopianism is belief in or pursuit of an ideal society—one free from the flaws of existing arrangements.
The term carries both aspirational and dismissive connotations: reformers may embrace utopianism as necessary vision, while critics use it to suggest naïve impracticality.
His utopianism blinded him to political realities.
The word derives from Thomas More's 1516 *Utopia*, itself a pun on Greek words meaning "good place" and "no place."
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
idealist · reformer · revolutionary · manifesto · blueprint · scheme · planning · design
Belief in noble principles
- transcendentalismIntuition-based idealist philosophy
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
- millenarianismDoctrine of prophesied utopia
- millennialismBelief in prophesied utopia
communitarianism · shakers · kibbutz · phalanx · commune · socialism · collectivism · mutualism
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- communismCollective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- technocracyGovernance by technical experts
agrarianism · syndicalism · eco-socialism · post-scarcity · statelessness · abolition · emancipation · egalitarianism
Ideal, blissful place
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
idyllic · serenity · wholeness · purity · elysium · millennium · dreamworld
futurism
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
prophet · idealist · reformer · revolutionary · manifesto · blueprint · scheme · planning · design · foresight
idealism
Belief in noble principles
- transcendentalismIntuition-based idealist philosophy
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
- millenarianismDoctrine of prophesied utopia
millennialism · communitarianism · shakers · kibbutz · phalanx · commune · socialism · collectivism · mutualism · cooperativism
anarchism
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- communismCollective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
technocracy · agrarianism · syndicalism · eco-socialism · post-scarcity · statelessness · abolition · emancipation · egalitarianism · redistributionism
paradise
Ideal, blissful place
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
bliss · idyllic · serenity · wholeness · purity · elysium · millennium · dreamworld
Bellamy
- MorrisProper name, English origin
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- RepublicState without monarchy
Huxley · Orwell · Island · science-fiction · allegory · satire · worldbuilding
- Ideasidealism, materialism, empiricism, rationalism, liberalism
- philosophiesempiricism, stoicism, nihilism, idealism, materialism
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism
- ideologyideology, worldview, belief system, values, collectivism
- Metanarrativesprogress, modernity, Marxism, liberalism, Christianity
- Utopianismideal societies, ideal society, communal societies, Shakers, phalanx
utopianismrealism
Accepting things as they are
pragmatism · realpolitik · political realism · practicality · levelheadedness
utopianismconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
traditionalism · political realism · status quo · gradualism · reactionism