Utopia 1100 Words You Need Utopia 1100 Words You Need /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/ (noun) (the idea of) a perfect society in which everyone works well with each other and is happy, ideal, paradise, never-never-land, heaven, dreamland, Shangri-la, seventh heaven, perfect place: The term “utopia” was coined 500 years ago. By conjoining the Greek adverb “ou” (“not”) and the noun “topos” (“place”) the English humanist and politician Thomas More conceived of a place that is not — literally a “nowhere” or “noplace.” More’s learned readers would also have recognized another pun. The pronunciation of “utopia” can just as well be associated with “eu-topia,” ...
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