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utopographer

Syllables: uto·po·graph·er/ˌjuː.tə(ʊ)ˈpɒɡ.ɹə.fə/US/ˌju.təˈpɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/

utopographer noun: one who describes a utopia.

utopographer: one who describes a utopia
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Noun

utopographer (plural utopographers)

  1. One who describes a utopia.
    • Mr. Plantagenet-Buchan knitted his brows. "Utopographer? Or was it a Utopologist? Or Utopolitan? Not a bad word, Utopolitan. No—it was Utopographer. I read it in one of the weeklies downstairs, the Spectator or the Nation or the Saturday. We might lead the talk rather carelessly towards Utopias and...1927, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Book the First. The Utopographer in the Garden.”, in Meanwhile: The Picture of a Lady, London: Ernest Benn, →OCLC; republished as Meanwhile: (The Picture of a Lady)...
    • Whether or not this guidance was useful we cannot judge, but in any event no short cuts for skippers are possible in Mr. Wells's latest book, which is supposed to be the picture of a lady, but is in reality the portrait of a gentleman bent on reforming the world—a Utopographer, the author calls...1927 July 30, The Spectator, volume 139, London: F. C. Westley, →OCLC, page 193

Forms of utopographer

pluralutopographers

Origin of utopographer

Blend of utopia + topographer, probably coined by English writer Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) in his 1927 novel Meanwhile: The Picture of a Lady: see the quotation.

Questions about utopographer

What does utopographer mean?
Utopographer means one who describes a utopia.
What part of speech is utopographer?
Utopographer is a noun.
How do you pronounce utopographer?
Utopographer is pronounced /ˌjuː.tə(ʊ)ˈpɒɡ.ɹə.fə/ (UK).
What is the plural of utopographer?
The plural of utopographer is utopographers.

Words near utopographer in the dictionary

  1. utopism
  2. utopisms
  3. utopist
  4. utopistic
  5. utopists
  6. utopographer
  7. utopographers
  8. UTP
  9. UTPs
  10. Utqiagvik
  11. UTR

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