dystopian

US/dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ən/

dystopian adjective: of or pertaining to a dystopia.

Adjective

dystopian (comparative more dystopian, superlative most dystopian)

Of or pertaining to a dystopia.
- If Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games turns up on middle-school curricula 50 years from now—and as accessible dystopian science fiction with allusions to early-21st-century strife, that isn’t out of the question—the lazy students of the future can be assured that they can watch the movie...2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club
- In my book Britain has actually worked out how it wants to leave and the EU is preparing a new constitution as a result. The real Brexit is actually much more dystopian.2019 June 30, Philip Oltermann, quoting Tom Hillenbrand, “German sci-fi fans lap up dystopian tales of Brexit Britain”, in The Guardian
Dire; characterized by human suffering or misery.

डिस्टोपियन, डायस्टोपियन

டிஸ்டோபியன், டிஸ்டோப்பியன்

डिस्टोपियन, डायस्टोपियन, डिस्टॉपियन

ڈسٹوپین, ڈسٹوپیئن

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He kept thinking about an episode of “Black Mirror,” the British dystopian anthology series, in which the characters rate everyone they interact with on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. (It doesn’t end well.)2020 January 17, Amy Chozick, “This Is the Guy Who’s Taking Away the Likes”, in New York Times:
The whole city is immersed in a dystopian-looking smog: urban streets in sepia, emptier than usual, bathed in an eerie quiet.2023 June 7, Samira Asma-Sadeque, “‘It’s too much’: New Yorkers don masks or stay inside amid smog crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
He scoffs at his peers’ dystopian scenarios of supercharged misinformation and even, eventually, human extinction.2023 December 22, Steven Levy, “How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun”, in Wired, →ISSN:

comparative	more dystopian
superlative	most dystopian

From dystopia + -an.

What does dystopian mean?: Dystopian means of or pertaining to a dystopia.
What is dystopian in Hindi?: Dystopian in Hindi is डिस्टोपियन, डायस्टोपियन. See Dystopian meaning in Hindi.
How do you use dystopian in a sentence?: He kept thinking about an episode of “Black Mirror,” the British dystopian anthology series, in which the characters rate everyone they interact with on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. (It doesn’t end well.)
What part of speech is dystopian?: Dystopian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dystopian?: Dystopian is pronounced /dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ən/ (US).

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