Noun
a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
Source: WordNetThe beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own. Ally Condie
The future is always a dystopia in movies. Alex Cox
CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue, there is very little solid data in the public domain about the costs, quantity and effectiveness of surveillance. Heather Brooke
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing. Daniel H. Wilson
To the right I see the forces which lead to dystopia. It is the big corporation which built the tower on top of the small hill which tells me: "Fly ABC Fortresses!" Airplanes have to be built like fortresses to avoid skyjacking attacks by the passengers. Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis
In every revolution, there are winners and losers. Every dystopia is a utopia for somebody else. It just depends where you are. Are you in the class that benefits, or are you in the class that's not? Ken Liu