ANTI-UTOPIA Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

anti-utopia

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Definition of anti-utopia

as in dystopia

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Messages break down, signals decay, information rots; the stuff of everyday data dystopia and media apocalypse, but in Braxton’s hands, raw material to be shaped into something recombinant and strange.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026
America isn’t there yet, but ALPR technology is leading the long march to this dystopia.

— Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026

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