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dystopia

[dis-toh-pee-uh] / dΙͺsˈtoʊ pi Ι™ /


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It contends that contemporary culture is overly saturated with collapse, dystopia and fear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Euphemistically known as “mobile lounges,” these hulking, 40-ton machines from the 1960s and ’70s look and feel like paramilitary vehicles trundling through a desert dystopia.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

I normally think about what could go wrong, and I’ve cried out that we’re heading toward a dystopia more times than Chicken Little shrieked about the sky falling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

It’s worth reminding ourselves that none of this dystopia stuff is especially new, even if it’s been hypercharged lately by electronics and algorithms.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

At a certain point, I started to burn out on dystopias, but then YA changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024

Post-apocalyptic dystopias rarely consider childhood with much care, expecting young survivors to relinquish immaturity to focus on staying alive.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2023

Afrofuturist writers explore a language of dreams and dystopias that expresses our greatest hopes while boldly confronting our darkest fears.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022

Her art depicts the beautiful and the grotesque, earthly landscapes and sci-fi dystopias, human bodies and cyborgs — in a style that fuses art-making traditions with high-tech contemporary techniques.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2022


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