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In the ruins of a dystopian Rio de Janeiro—a city fractured by class conflict and addicted to blood sport—a resistance leader is forced to enter a violent, high-stakes race to save his sister from a fate worse than death.
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Set in a deeply dystopian future, a group of scientists seeks to plunder the memories of writer Daniel Feeld's frozen head.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
One operation persisted fourteen hours, a sort of sci-fi marvel of science, internal engineering, and medical dedication, contra all the coeval dystopian breakdowns of that first COVID year.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Based on the devastating dystopian novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, this wistful drama explores the lives of Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth, three friends who grow up at a boarding school.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Set in a deeply dystopian future, a group of scientists seeks to plunder the memories of writer Daniel Feeld's frozen head.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
One operation persisted fourteen hours, a sort of sci-fi marvel of science, internal engineering, and medical dedication, contra all the coeval dystopian breakdowns of that first COVID year.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Based on the devastating dystopian novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, this wistful drama explores the lives of Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth, three friends who grow up at a boarding school.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
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Iran’s rulers, like many religious fundamentalists, celebrate indifference to earthly life and pin their sights on posthumous rewards.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Cognition and sensorimotor functions emerged from the evolutionary pressures of an unpredictable earthly environment.—
Rachel Barr,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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