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Utopia

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounCommon term

In literature, utopia means: An imagined ideal society used to explore how life could be organized.

In Turkish: ütopya

How it is used

Use when analyzing imagined social ideals; a text may also question the apparent perfection.

Example sentences

  1. The island utopia gives every citizen time to study music and grow food.

    Shared opportunities illustrate the society's ideal organization.

  2. Our class debated whether the novel's utopia allows enough personal freedom.

    The debate tests whether social harmony limits individual choice.

Common collocations

  • utopian vision
  • an imagined utopia
  • fictionStories, such as novels and short stories, that describe imaginary events and people rather than real ones.
  • themeA central idea or message about life that a literary work explores, such as love, loss, freedom or identity, and what the work suggests about it.

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