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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
