utopian

Etymology

utopia + -an

adj

  1. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
    a utopian project
    The Great Society was never, in my mind, just a visionary utopian ideal. I considered it a realistic outline of what this nation could achieve in a limited period of time if we marshaled our will and committed our resources. 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104
  2. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
    utopian happiness

noun

  1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
    One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include “feelies” and “smellies.” 1941, Arthur Kissam Train, The Story of Everyday Things, Harper & Brothers, page 390
    Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 […] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees. June 29, 2007, Michiko Kakutani, “The Cult of the Amateur”, in New York Times

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