dystopic

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adjective

Characterised by dystopia

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Meanings

adjectivedystopic (comparative more dystopic, superlative most dystopic)

comparative more dystopic · superlative most dystopic

  1. medicineCharacterised by dystopia
  2. dystopian

    The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an^([sic]) utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.

    2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
out of place

Origin

From dystopia + -ic.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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