utopianism

American  

[yoo-toh-pee-uh-niz-uhm] / yuˈtoʊ pi əˌnɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.

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Other Word Forms

• utopianist noun

Etymology

Origin of utopianism

First recorded in 1655–65; utopian + -ism

Example Sentences

Evans says what this has led to is a kind of simplistic spiritual utopianism evangelized by many leaders of the modern psychedelic renaissance.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

So utopianism has been there since the beginning.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023

Neither spiritual nor social utopianism fared well in the 20th century.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

The Mad Max framing that shaped so much prepping discourse still exists, but it’s now surrounded by other approaches that might import a little more utopianism into traditionally dystopian thinking.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2022

This discordance of things had struck minds much superior to our own, and, thanks to them, what we considered as an utopianism was realised.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène