Etymology

cacotopia

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Today it means: A dystopia; the worst possible world. Full definition →

Ancient Greek εὐ-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromεὐ-“good”
  2. English todaycacotopia

From caco- + -topia, from Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”), by rebracketing utopia as eu- + -topia, from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekεὐ- all →

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