deutopianization

noun

making something less of a utopia, or not a utopia; making something more real, and less ideal

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Meanings

noundeutopianization (usually uncountable, plural deutopianizations)

plural deutopianizations

  1. uncountableusuallymaking something less of a utopia, or not a utopia; making something more real, and less ideal

    "In the atmosphere of demystification and deutopianization, in the impetus towards repentance and recollection, we break with a tradition of Utopian thinking which has held us in thrall for 300 years."

    1991, Susan Richards, Epics of Everyday Life: 2encounters in a Changing Russia

Origin

From de- + utopianization.

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APA

deutopianization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deutopianization

MLA

“deutopianization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deutopianization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deutopianization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deutopianization.

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