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Definition of subtopia in English: subtopianoun sʌbˈtəʊpɪə mass nounBritish Unsightly, sprawling suburban development. I shall doubtless feel no more alien than anybody else in the prevailing subtopia because nobody will be working out of doors Example sentencesExamples - Proposals for densification or adopting urban housing models are understandably slow to take root and have yet to make any discernible impact on the relentless march of subtopia.
- ‘The embers of the empire shimmer like a distant blood-soaked sunset as the urban subtopias of downtown blighty rumble to the rhythms of a brand new internationalism.’
- There are many varieties of downtown areas, and no two subtopias are alike.
- Her sprawling, comic epic about multi-ethnic Britain, which uncovers a wonderland of magic realism in the London subtopias of Cricklewood Broadway and Willesden, beat a strong shortlist of four other books, all by American writers.
- Virtually in the countryside with breathtaking green hills and valleys, it's a very short drive - and even a pleasant walk - away from the urban communities of Hillsborough, Walkley, Crookes, and Broomhill, with a scattering of tiny subtopias and exurbias along the way.
Derivatives adjective British With the steady erosion of its rural hinterland, the Forest will over time become an isolated park in a subtopian south Hampshire sprawl. Example sentencesExamples - I consider that even in the subtopian clutter of modern towns and cities, a stark beauty can sometimes be found.
- So now we fit in with the some of the other subtopian troglodytes in the area.
- My plan had been to head right through that subtopian labyrinth to the very edge, the scrubland beside the M57.
- Try telling the subtopian, land-hungry Englishman that his wretched home in Dismal Close off Dreary Avenue is not a castle but a cancerous cell that is destroying what remains of his country.
Origin 1950s: blend of suburb and utopia. Rhymes cornucopia, dystopia, Ethiopia, myopia, Utopia |