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subˈtopian, a. and n.
Also Subtopian.
[f. prec. + -an.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of subtopia.
1955I. Nairn in Archit. Rev. CXVII. 372 The other is the panic reflex to the spread of Subtopia, which attempts improvements using standards which are themselves Subtopian. 1963Times Lit. Suppl. 3 May 321/2 For a man with such a harrowing tale to tell Mr. Camp ought not to be so reassuringly readable..He will be avidly read by the subtopian commuters and their desperate wives. 1973J. Leasor Host of Extras i. 24 This subtopian hinterland of back-to-back houses and outside privies.
B. n. A resident of subtopia.
1958N. Mackenzie Conviction 11 Those parts of it [sc. Britain] that remain unspoiled are falling into the hands of the subtopians. 1972I. Broat (title) The Subtopians.
Hence subˈtopianism, the characteristics or ideals of subtopia; subˈtopianize v. trans., to render subtopian.
1959Cambr. Rev. 25 Apr. 447/2 One can imagine some of them..trying to show that this eclipse was a bad thing, for which broadcasting, subtopianism, Trade Unions and the Welfare State were jointly to blame. a1963C. S. Lewis Poems (1964) 62 One huge celestial charabanc, will stink and roll Through patient heaven, subtopianized from pole to pole. 1970New Scientist 13 Aug. 342/2 It needed the motor-car to..subtopianize suburbia. |