Motopian.
/məˈtəʊpɪə/, U.S. /məˈtoʊpiə/ Now rare.
An urban environment designed to meet the needs of a pedestrian society by strict limitation of the use of the motor car.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > other types of town or city
ruin1561
metropolitan district1817
ville lumière1920
Middletown1926
Motopia1959
1959 Engineering 18 Sept. 206 (heading) Motopia: where traffic and pedestrians never meet.
1961 G. A. Jellicoe Motopia 7 Motopia..arises..from the realization that our present physical conditions are being thrown into chaos by the advent of one car per family and even one per person.
1968 C. A. Doxiadis Between Dystopia & Utopia 20 Such efforts as the Motopia of 1961, all of whose cars were to circulate on the tops of the roofs of the buildings.
Derivatives
Moˈtopian adj. rare
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective] > other types of town or city
spiry1744
steepled1837
timbery1859
millionaire1864
steeple-roofedc1870
congested district1883
twinned1957
Motopian1961
1961 G. A. Jellicoe Motopia 15 The English preference..fixed the shape and alignment of the Motopian rectangle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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