Word For the day (1/22/18) Dystopia

1/22/18

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WORD FOR THE DAY(1/22/18)Dystopia



Definition of dystopia

1 : an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives
2 literature : anti-utopia 2

• writing a dystopia

— dystopian

play \-pē-ən\ adjective

First Known Use: circa 1950

Recent Examples of dystopia from the Web

• Detroit image makeover Despite its problems, Detroit’s image shifted in national and international media during the past decade from that of a scary dystopia to a resilient, innovative community with hot culture and restaurant scenes.
— bill mcgraw, Detroit Free Press, "10 key Detroit developments since 2007," 21 Dec. 2017

• Instead, this trailer is for PBS's decidedly dystopia-free miniseries remake of Little Women, which airs next spring.
— evelyn wang, Glamour, "'Little Women' PBS Miniseries Debuts First Trailer," 18 Dec. 2017

• Whose utopian ideal was powerful enough to create this dystopia?
— claire jarvis, New York Times, "The Latest, Troubling Chapter in Feminist Dystopian Fiction," 13 Oct. 2017

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dystopia.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

Origin and Etymology of dystopia

New Latin, from dys- + -topia (as in utopia)

First Known Use: circa 1950

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Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

MY ENTRY:

It might take a while for President Trump to reverse and correct the Dystopia created by Eight years of Obama, but he is doing a good job of it, despite the leftists trying to destroy him.

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As well as a sentence using today’s Word For the Day, I am asking if you would like to share your FAVORITE Dystopian Movie.

(An example of this would be Mad Max, Blade Runner, or even Idiocracy)

My personal favorite Dystopian Movie is:

“The Book of Eli”.

What’s Yours? :-)

[BenLurkin]

The world has been living in dystopia for the last 30 years.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Distopia, dat topia, deudder topia.....

De cows ate all de bushes and shrubbery, or dere be anudder utopia topiary over defense.

[MoochPooch]

How dystopias are born:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3624532/posts

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The Socialists speak of Utopia
Their vision obscured by myopia
In Cuba, North Korea
Venezuela, I see a
Terrible, brutal Dystopia

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Magnificent!

A++++!

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You’ll get no argument from me, FRiend! :-)

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LOL! I don’t know what you are saying, but will fight for your right to say it! :-)

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That is an excellent article. Thank you for posting it!

It’s amazing what one can find on FR! :-)

[dsc]

My personal favorite dystopian movie is “Americathon.”

There is a bit of lewdness in it, which is regrettable, but doesn’t IMO completely ruin the movie.

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Thanks! I will have to check it out! :-)

(((”Idiocracy” has some lewd moments too, but sure does make a point!)))

[Red Badger]

[T-Bone Texan]

Book of Eli spoiler: He’s blind and has the Bible memorized!

Favorite dystopian novel: The Road. It put me off cannibalism for months.

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That’s why I liked it!

[dsc]

“The Road. It put me off cannibalism for months.”

So, you’re back on it now?

[T-Bone Texan]

“Kids: The New Veal”

[dsc]

I just don’t know what to say about that.

Seems like something needs to be said, but I’m damned if I know what it is.

[Texan5]

Tie between The Book of Eli and Blade Runner for me-and I just re-read my favorite dystopian novel for the 25th-30th time-it is This Perfect Day by Ira Levin, published in 1970-and although a bit dated, enough of what the author predicted is happening now that it is guaranteed to scare the s*** out of you...

The liberals get more hysterical
As it becomes abundantly clear
Pres Trump is totally ruthless-
The end of their dystopia is near

They’ve worked on it for decades-
They even made Obama their god
Then to get more control of us
Hillary stole the nomination nod

She lost and now it’s pres Trump
And liberals are still so pissed-
It’s their turn at being screwed
Without even getting kissed...

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Ira Levin is an excellent author...I must check that book!

Excellent Poem, Texan! :-)