A dystopia is an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives—an unpleasant or bad place, typically totalitarian or environmentally degraded. It is widely regarded as the opposite of utopia.
Definition and origins
A dystopia is an imagined place where everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded society. The concept of utopia was coined by Thomas More in 1516 to describe an ideal society, and dystopia is widely seen as its opposite. It is also referred to as cacotopia or anti-utopia.
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