Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Utopia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Utopia \U*to"pi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. not + ? a place.]
1. An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a
work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in
politics, laws, and the like. See {Utopia}, in the
Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Utopia
n 1: a book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect
society on an imaginary island [syn: {Utopia}, {New
Latin Utopia}]
2: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [syn: {Utopia},
{Zion}, {Sion}]
3: ideally perfect state; especially in its social and
political and moral aspects [ant: {dystopia}]
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