dystopia

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪs.ˈtəʊ.pi.ə/

Noun

countable uncountable

A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society. / A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.

Japanese Meaning

未来における腐敗した、または破綻したユートピア社会の概念 / 非常に低い生活水準や機能不全に陥った、悲惨な状態の社会

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

政府の監視が拡大すると、進歩を意図していたものが街をディストピアに変え、自由はもはや記憶に過ぎなくなった。

Details

Sense（1）

A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.

As novelist, he knows, too, that when he sees the future, it will not work—he will automatically be creating a “dystopia” (no one creates utopias any more: even the utopias of the past look like dystopias to us).

Google Translation / DeepL Translation