"Utopia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Utopias [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Utopia (countable and uncountable, plural Utopias)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of utopia. Wikipedia link: Utopia (disambiguation) Tags: alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: utopia
    Sense id: en-Utopia-en-noun-VzWsPwUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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          "text": "For a long time to come, at least, it is too dangerous an experiment to base on hope. Again they may say that it never could succeed unless in a uchronian Utopia 'above these ruinable skies'.",
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          "text": "An examless, gradeless school would have a better social climate; perhaps some would benefit academically. But it is a pure act of faith to believe such educational Utopia is possible.",
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          "ref": "1974, Kenneth Young, H. G. Wells, Longman Group Ltd, →ISBN, page 44:",
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