Noun
An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAaron Zelman 's non-fiction book The State Versus the People includes a comparison of Utopia with Plato's Republic. Source: Internet
20th century Utopia Local poet Vachel Lindsay 's notions of utopia were expressed in his only novel, The Golden Book of Springfield (1920), which draws on ideas of anarchistic socialism in projecting the progress of Lindsay's hometown toward utopia. Source: Internet
Ainger, p. 328 Their next opera, Utopia Limited (1893), ran for 245 performances, barely covering the expenses of the lavish production, Ainger, p. 346 although it was the longest run at the Savoy in the 1890s. Source: Internet
Aldous Huxley, Letters of Aldous Huxley, ed. by Grover Smith (New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1969), p. 348: "I am writing a novel about the future — on the horror of the Wellsian Utopia and a revolt against it. Source: Internet
Because of the controversies surrounding Geniocracy, Raël presents the idea as a classic utopia or provocative ideal and not necessarily a model that humanity will follow. Source: Internet
Barba believes that capitalism has prejudiced us against the idea of an anarchist utopia, yet he creates significant beauty in the children’s lawless, alternate society (which the reader finally glimpses close-up at the end of the novel). Source: Internet