单词 | dystopic |
释义 | dystopicadj. Relating to, describing, or denoting a dystopia; dystopian.Frequently with reference to literary or cinematic depictions of futuristic societies or alternative histories. ΚΠ 1967 W. H. G. Armytage in Extrapolation Dec. 55 More consistently dystopic, since he was both anti-Wells and anti-Marx, George Orwell kept up a rapid fire of criticism not at the shape of things to come, but at the way they were going. 1998 J. Twyning London Dispossessed iv. 195 Any dominant world view..is vulnerable to scrutiny and interrogation by dystopic fiction. 2014 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 June 24/2 P.D. James and J.G. Ballard modeled their dystopic societies on England, but for more than a century, America has been a main target, the ur-dystopia. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1967 |
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