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Recent Examples of dystopia
Courtesy of Netflix Every day, the world seems to be slipping further and further into dystopia, with President Donald Trump placing tariffs on islands inhabited by penguins and the country's head of Medicare and Medicaid touting AI-first health care.
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Corey Atad, Wired News, 11 Apr. 2025
The film, as per the press notes, redefines human fears in the face of apocalypse in a contemporary dystopia that puts Black and Indigenous characters at the center of a story about people defending their land from those who would kill them for it without a second thought.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2025
To experts, what doesn’t yet work on Romanian TV is genre, especially horror, sci-fi and dystopia, since the programming largely responds to the needs and constraints of primetime television.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 June 2025
Straddling American, European, and Japanese influences, Pope’s edgy style is unmistakable: dynamic, lushly inked, and suffused with themes of rebellion, dystopia and urban decay.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Corey Atad, Wired News, 11 Apr. 2025
The film, as per the press notes, redefines human fears in the face of apocalypse in a contemporary dystopia that puts Black and Indigenous characters at the center of a story about people defending their land from those who would kill them for it without a second thought.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2025
To experts, what doesn’t yet work on Romanian TV is genre, especially horror, sci-fi and dystopia, since the programming largely responds to the needs and constraints of primetime television.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 June 2025
Straddling American, European, and Japanese influences, Pope’s edgy style is unmistakable: dynamic, lushly inked, and suffused with themes of rebellion, dystopia and urban decay.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopia
hell
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The supervillain reveals it to the world, turning the public against Superman and making Supes’ life hell, including kidnapping his dog Krypto.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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But this place is something of a personal hell; Harper entered Monday with a lower OPS here than in any other National League ballpark.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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“Dystopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopia. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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