utopians
Believers in perfection
Utopians are people who believe in or advocate for an ideal society—one free from the flaws and injustices of existing systems.
The term can be admiring or dismissive: visionaries pursuing worthy goals, or naive dreamers ignoring human nature and practical constraints.
The utopians among us still believe we can eliminate poverty.
A utopian (adjective) scheme is idealistic to the point of impracticality.
Those with ambitious visions
- idealistsPursuers of perfect visions
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
- philosophersSeekers of fundamental truths
- theoristsBuilders of explanatory frameworks
reformers · futurists · progressives · romantics · humanitarians · altruists · pacifists · egalitarians
Desire for good outcomes
- optimismTendency to expect good
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- faithTrust without proof
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
vision · aspiration · progress · perfectionism · millenarianism · reform · transformation · revolution
Shared-living community
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collectiveJointly organized group
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
settlement · phalanx · ashram · ecovillage · intentional community · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood
Agreement or musical blend
- equalitySame status for all
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- justiceFair treatment under law
- freedomAbsence of constraint
cooperation · solidarity · unity · brotherhood · prosperity · abundance · sustainability · perfectibility
dreamers
Those with ambitious visions
- idealistsPursuers of perfect visions
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
- philosophersSeekers of fundamental truths
theorists · reformers · futurists · progressives · romantics · humanitarians · altruists · pacifists · egalitarians · activists
hope
Desire for good outcomes
dream · vision · aspiration · progress · perfectionism · millenarianism · reform · transformation · revolution · renewal
commune
Shared-living community
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collectiveJointly organized group
colony · settlement · phalanx · ashram · ecovillage · intentional community · fellowship · brotherhood · sisterhood · sanctuary
harmony
Agreement or musical blend
freedom · cooperation · solidarity · unity · brotherhood · prosperity · abundance · sustainability · perfectibility · enlightenment
Plato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
Bellamy · Huxley · Orwell · Republic · Atlantis · Arcadia · Shangri-La · Zion · Oneida · science fiction
- dreamersdreamer, dreamers, daydreamer, daydreamers, visionary
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
- Utopiansidealists, visionaries, dreamers, communitarians, communalists
- Nonconformistsnonconformist, rebels, rebel, misfits, misfit
- Dissentprotest art, civil disobedience, dissidents, protest songs, protest poetry
- Russian RevolutionRussian Revolution, February Revolution, Bolsheviks, October Revolution, Lenin
utopiansrealists
Those accepting things as-is
pragmatists · cynics · skeptics · Machiavellians · empiricists
utopianspessimists
Those assuming negative outcomes
cynics · doomsayers · fatalists · misanthropes · catastrophists
utopiansconservatives
Advocates for gradual change
traditionalists · reactionaries · gradualists · moderates · institutionalists
- 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