Definitions for dystopia

dystopia dys·to·pi·a

Spelling: [dis-toh-pee-uh]
IPA: /dɪsˈtoʊ pi ə/

Dystopia is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in dystopia (adiopsty).

Definitions for dystopia

noun

  1. a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.

Origin of dystopia

First recorded in 1865-70; dys- + (U)topia

Examples for dystopia

Or we hear on MSNBC that the Republicans are ideologically blind and fanatical in their pursuit of a Darwinian dystopia.

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher Disturbing but true: dystopia is red-hot right now in children's literature.

In the final section of the book, the sense of dystopia becomes more pronounced and the search for refuge more desperate.

In Tampa, the equivalent trip took you through an Eraserhead dystopia of underpasses and asphalt plains.

Lurking not far beneath the prettiness lies the real Pagford—a dystopia that would take a wizard to set right.

Divergent is set in a dystopia and provides a pretty bleak portrait of our future.

Word Value for dystopia
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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