utopias
Ideal imagined places
Utopias is the plural of utopia, an imagined place or state where everything is perfect—social conditions, government, human nature itself.
The word was coined by Thomas More for his 1516 book describing an ideal island society.
Because such perfection proves impossible, utopia often carries ironic weight: Their utopias always seem to require someone in charge.
Dystopia is the opposite.
Mythical sunken island
- AvalonMystical island of lore
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
- El DoradoFabled golden city
- CamelotLegendary British royal seat
Elysium · Arcadia · Valhalla · Neverland · Xanadu · Lemuria · Themyscira · Eden
Ideal, blissful place
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
- idyllicPerfectly peaceful and charming
- pristinePure and untouched
- blissfulExtremely serene and joyful
harmonious · edenic · serene · flawless · immaculate · unblemished · sublime · transcendent
Striving toward ideals
- idealisticPursuing unrealistic standards
- reformistAdvocate for gradual change
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
prophetic · imaginative · blueprint · dreamer · perfectibility · world-building · manifesto · futurist
Shared-living community
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- commonwealthState for public good
socialism · anarchism · democracy · federation · kibbutz · classless · post-scarcity · mutualism
Economy without resource limits
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- solarpunkEco-optimist speculative genre
- singularityPoint where values explode
- automatedOperating without human control
abundance · Star Trek · transhumanist · sustainable · interstellar · off-world · eco-city · arcology
Atlantis
Mythical sunken island
- AvalonMystical island of lore
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
- El DoradoFabled golden city
Camelot · Elysium · Arcadia · Valhalla · Neverland · Xanadu · Lemuria · Themyscira · Eden
paradise
Ideal, blissful place
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
- idyllicPerfectly peaceful and charming
- pristinePure and untouched
blissful · harmonious · edenic · serene · flawless · immaculate · unblemished · sublime · transcendent · pure
aspirational
Striving toward ideals
- idealisticPursuing unrealistic standards
- reformistAdvocate for gradual change
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
progressive · prophetic · imaginative · blueprint · dreamer · perfectibility · world-building · manifesto · futurist · transformative
commune
Shared-living community
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
commonwealth · socialism · anarchism · democracy · federation · kibbutz · classless · post-scarcity · mutualism · communitarianism
post-scarcity
Economy without resource limits
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- solarpunkEco-optimist speculative genre
- singularityPoint where values explode
automated · abundance · Star Trek · transhumanist · sustainable · interstellar · off-world · eco-city · arcology · WALL-E
Narnia
Fictional snow-covered kingdom
- Middle-earthFantasy world with hobbits
- PandoraMythological first woman
- IslandLand surrounded by water
Hogwarts · Brave New World · 1984 · Gulliver · Huxley · Orwell · Bellamy · Morris
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- False Realitiesillusions, simulations, virtual reality, delusions, hallucinations
- planned communitiesplanned towns, subdivision, gated community, new towns, master-planned community
- Renaissance LiteratureShakespeare, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Prince, Don Quixote
utopiasdystopias
Imagined terrible societies
hells · hellscapes · anti-utopias · nightmares · wastelands
- 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