How to pronounce dystopian
American English pronunciation
dis-TOH-pee-un
- IPA
- /dɪsˈtoʊpi.ən/
- Syllables
- dis · TOH · pee · un (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What dystopian means
Describing an imagined future where everything has gone badly wrong
In a sentence: The movie showed a dystopian city where no one was allowed to sing.
Where it comes from: It's dystopia plus -an. Dystopia was made as the opposite of utopia, a perfect imagined place.
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