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dystopia.

A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪsˈtəʊ.pi.ə/Received-Pronunciation/dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ə/General-American/dɪsˈtəʉ.pi.ə/Australia[dɪsˈtɐʉ.pi.ə]Australia
  1. A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.

    countable · uncountable
    The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.
Where this word comes from

From dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia being reinterpreted as eu-topia.

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