dystopia
(noun) a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
dystopia
(noun) state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dystopia (countable and uncountable, plural dystopia or dystopias)
A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
(pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
• (vision): cacotopia, kakotopia, anti-utopia
• (medical condition): ectopia, ectopy, heterotopia, malposition
• utopia
• atypoids
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
