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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-utopian
Adjective
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The time may feel right for a wry dystopian sci-fi adventure-comedy.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025 -
But audiences know him best for wild, imaginative dystopian fantasies, including Snowpiercer (which was adapted into a TV series) and Okja.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Trump's return was met with cautious optimism across much of the Arabian Peninsula, where his realist, transactional style of diplomacy has earned him respect.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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For over a century, every global crisis has sparked a debate in the United States between two classical schools of geopolitical thought, pitting idealists, ardent supporters of foreign intervention, against realists, who mistrust lofty crusades.—
Neil MacFarquhar,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And yes, there are plenty of options for V-Day cynics, including He's Just Not That Into You and a particularly bloody '80s slasher flick.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2025
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All one needs is to read the headlines today, 45 years down the road, to see that sometimes cynics have a point.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Anti-utopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-utopian. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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