dystopian

adjective

Definition of dystopiannext
as in anti-utopian

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Recent Examples of dystopian Season 3 finds Ferguson's Juliette seeking answers to her experiences outside the silo and the conspiracies that led to their dystopian world. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026 Instead of finding some dystopian wasteland, Kraus found regular Americans being regular Americans. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 Under one plausible theory of technological development, artificial intelligence will turn the economy into a dystopian split screen. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 Season 3 of Apple TV’s sci-fi drama premiered on July 3, returning viewers to the dystopian world based on Hugh Howey's New York Times–bestselling trilogy. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dystopian
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earthly
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  • During the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, both Martin Luther and John Calvin distinguished spiritual from earthly authority and called for a division of labor between the two.
    — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • People at the most senior levels of the government have no earthly idea what's being discussed inside the White House, inside the Oval Office and the Situation Room.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
Definition of earthly

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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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