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11-22-2010, 09:07 PM
(11-22-2010, 06:56 PM)shoju Wrote: I read Brave New World it seems, once a year.

Wow. Thanks for the lucid account.

I was rather sure I knew the definition of dystopian (and I was close enough) but I decided to look it up. So, off to Oxford's Dictionary of Current English and I am dismayed to find it goes from Dysprosium to Dystrophy without narry a mention of the word in question. Well, I can remedy that methinks and off to Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words by Josefa Heifetz Byrne. Turns out that was over-kill. She has Dysthymic to Dystychiphobia. I found the answer in The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Estraordinaryily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich.

dystopia (dis-TOH-pee-a) noun (Actually its an upside down e at the end, but I don't have one on my keyboard.)

a place real or imaginary where living conditions are considered to be as bad as possible.

Related words: dystopian adjective, dystopianism noun.
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If this were a poll, - by ZatarRufus - 11-18-2010, 04:19 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by Maitre - 11-18-2010, 07:19 PM
RE: Lovecraft & Melville - by ZatarRufus - 11-20-2010, 10:09 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by shoju - 11-19-2010, 01:29 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by ZatarRufus - 11-20-2010, 12:23 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by shoju - 11-22-2010, 06:56 PM
RE: Dystopian - by ZatarRufus - 11-22-2010, 09:07 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by kandrathe - 11-19-2010, 04:47 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by --Pete - 11-19-2010, 05:55 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by ZatarRufus - 11-20-2010, 12:40 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by --Pete - 11-20-2010, 12:47 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by Kylearan - 11-19-2010, 08:50 AM
RE: Curiosity, Etc. - by ZatarRufus - 11-19-2010, 02:27 PM
RE: Curiosity, Etc. - by --Pete - 11-19-2010, 07:38 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by ZatarRufus - 11-21-2010, 04:26 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by --Pete - 11-21-2010, 10:33 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by ShadowHM - 11-19-2010, 08:14 PM
RE: Dictionaries - by ZatarRufus - 11-20-2010, 10:41 PM
RE: Dictionaries - by --Pete - 11-20-2010, 11:22 PM
Dedicated library room - by Kylearan - 11-21-2010, 10:44 AM
RE: Real (Physical) Books - by ZatarRufus - 11-21-2010, 12:05 PM
RE: Real (Physical) Books - by kandrathe - 11-22-2010, 08:41 PM
RE: Dedicated library room - by --Pete - 11-21-2010, 12:09 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by Sabra - 11-21-2010, 12:17 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by LavCat - 11-22-2010, 02:07 AM
RE: DeFoe - by ZatarRufus - 11-22-2010, 03:06 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by kandrathe - 11-22-2010, 03:17 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by --Pete - 11-22-2010, 06:28 AM
RE: Medical Issue - by ZatarRufus - 11-22-2010, 09:56 AM
RE: Nonexistent Book - by ZatarRufus - 11-25-2010, 05:27 AM
RE: Nonexistent Book - by --Pete - 11-25-2010, 06:18 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by LennyLen - 11-22-2010, 02:10 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by --Pete - 11-22-2010, 05:20 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by LennyLen - 11-22-2010, 05:49 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by kandrathe - 11-22-2010, 08:19 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by shoju - 11-22-2010, 09:27 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by --Pete - 11-22-2010, 11:14 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by kandrathe - 11-23-2010, 03:04 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by Treesh - 11-23-2010, 03:22 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by Taem - 11-23-2010, 04:53 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by --Pete - 11-23-2010, 05:28 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by Taem - 11-23-2010, 08:24 PM
RE: Dystopian Novels - by ZatarRufus - 11-23-2010, 12:45 PM
RE: Dystopian Novels - by --Pete - 11-23-2010, 06:10 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by shoju - 11-23-2010, 02:57 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by LavCat - 11-24-2010, 05:42 AM
RE: If this were a poll, - by kandrathe - 11-23-2010, 07:14 PM
RE: If this were a poll, - by shoju - 11-24-2010, 02:20 PM

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