Utopianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From utopia +‎ -an.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ən/
• (General American) IPA: /juˈtoʊ.pi.ən/
• 韻: -əʊpiən

形容詞

utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)

1. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.

   utopian happiness

   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 27:

     The world we lived in was wide, and most of it was open to us with little trouble. Roads, railways, and shipping lines laced it, ready to carry one thousands of miles safely and in comfort. If we wanted to travel more swiftly still, and could afford it, we traveled by airplane. There was no need for anyone to take weapons or even precautions in those days. You could go just as you were to wherever you wished, with nothing to hinder you - other than a lot of forms and regulations. A world so tamed sounds utopian now.

2. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.

   a utopian project

   Synonym: utopic

   Antonym: dystopian

   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point‎, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104:

     The Great Society was never, in my mind, just a visionary utopian ideal. I considered it a realistic outline of what this nation could achieve in a limited period of time if we marshaled our will and committed our resources.

同意語

• unrealistic

反意語

• imperfect, pragmatic, realistic

派生語

関連する語

• utopic

名詞

utopian (plural utopians)

1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
   • 1941, Arthur Kissam Train, The Story of Everyday Things, Harper & Brothers, page 390:

     One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include “feelies” and “smellies.”

   • 2007 June 29, Michiko Kakutani, “The Cult of the Amateur”, in New York Times‎:

     Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 […] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees.

派生語

アナグラム

• opuntia