as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a plan to revitalize the city's decaying downtown that proved to be overly ambitious and utopian
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as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities
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Recent Examples of utopian
Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s a socialist utopian fantasy as shown by Canada, where wait times to get procedures averaged 30 weeks in 2024.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2025
Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 3 May 2021
Both technologies promise even more strife between the health foods crowd and Silicon Valley techno-utopians.
—Adrienne Bitar, Time, 28 Nov. 2019
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Adjective
His flannels come cumulus soft, his fleeces are plush enough to make a Patagonia wilt and his corduroys are tailored to utopian perfection.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s a socialist utopian fantasy as shown by Canada, where wait times to get procedures averaged 30 weeks in 2024.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
But outside the Dorado Beach gates, life is far from a utopian as the decades-long crisis makes essential services, employment, and wealth inaccessible to locals, leaving Puerto Ricans unable to thrive at home.
—Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 3 May 2021
Both technologies promise even more strife between the health foods crowd and Silicon Valley techno-utopians.
—Adrienne Bitar, Time, 28 Nov. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for utopian
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There are nods to these unique challenges in Running Point, like Isla’s attraction to the Waves’ head coach (Insecure's Jay Ellis), and then a mistakenly romantic dinner meeting with a point guard (Chet Hanks) that turns into a viral misunderstanding.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Although there are some romantic storylines in the show, Hudson doesn’t see it so much as a return to rom-coms as a family comedy.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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And with Neptune entering your sign on March 30th, get ready to tap into your inner dreamer.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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These dreamers are still dreaming, but the alarm is going off.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These scenarios are impractical or impossible with other virtualization software.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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Traditional transport methods were deemed too impractical and stressful for the beavers, making aerial relocation the most viable option.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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And in that respect, there is a chance Starmer could drag the monarchy headlong into a major backlash, particularly with idealistic young people, whose support Charles is already struggling to maintain.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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The idealistic progressive laws of the seventies—those mandating environmental review, safety and anti-corruption standards, historic preservation, prevailing wages, and, most important, local power over zoning—had meant to protect small communities against moneyed interests.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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This, in turn, becomes logically reliant on the idealist paradigm of Consciousness as the fundamental lowest common denominator of reality.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Labour leader Starmer, though, has taken a realist rather than an idealist approach to the president, putting Britain's foreign policy interests above the strong opposition to Trump in the rank and file of his own party.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The security of Supreme Court justices has become an increasingly worrisome issue as the court’s rulings have inflamed partisan and ideological tensions.—
Glenn Thrush,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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This is the effect of ever-increasing government red tape, regulations, and ideological policies—devoid of considering the standards of living of Australians.—
Shivaune Field,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Or the sudden, quixotic tariffs on Canada and Mexico.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Tarantino has a quixotic belief about what film can accomplish.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Utopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utopian. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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