Plural of dystopia

irregular plural

The plural of dystopia is dystopia, dystopias or dystopiae.

Forms of dystopia

Singular	dystopia /dɪsˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
Plural	dystopia /dɪsˈtəʊ.pi.ə/ dystopias dystopiae
Countable	countable and uncountable

As novelist, he knows, too, that when he sees the future, it will not work—he will automatically be creating a “dystopia” (no one creates utopias any more: even the utopias of the past look like dystopias to us).1978 November 19, Martin Amis, “A Stoked‐Up 1976”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Recollections tattooed with stiletto reasons and a sorrowful slant of light admitting of dystopiae already petrified in progress.2003, Judith Fitzgerald, Adagios: Iphigenia’s Song, Oberon Press, →ISBN, page 50
Put simply, cyberprep offers “a slick, clean, rosy view of the future to contrast cyberpunk's dirty, grim dystopias” (Bell 4).2014, Tanya R. Cochran, Sherry Ginn, Paul Zinder, editors, The Multiple Worlds of Fringe: Essays on the J.J. Abrams Science Fiction…. From the entry cyberprep

noun A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.
noun Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.

What is the plural of dystopia?: The plural of dystopia is dystopia, dystopias or dystopiae.
Which is correct, dystopias or dystopiae?: Both are used. dystopias is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is dystopia countable?: Dystopia is a countable and uncountable noun.

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