different between dysfunctional vs dystopia

English

Etymology

From dysfunction +? -al.

Adjective

dysfunctional (comparative more dysfunctional, superlative most dysfunctional)

1. Not performing its proper or intended function.
2. Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.

Usage notes

Used frequently in regard to social and organizational functioning: "dysfunctional quality assurance", dysfunctional family, dysfunctional behavior.

Antonyms

• eufunctional
• functional

Derived terms

• dysfunctionality
• dysfunctionalization
• dysfunctionally

Related terms

• dysfunction (noun)

Translations

English

Etymology

From dys- +? -topia, as if from Ancient Greek ???- (dus-, “bad”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”) + -?? (-ía), based on utopia, with the privative prefix u- which is coined from the Greek ?? (ou, “not; no”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s?t??p?i.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?to?pi.?/
• Rhymes: -??pi?

Noun

dystopia (countable and uncountable, plural dystopia or dystopias)

1. A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
   • 2014 December 11, Megan Willett, "The 16 Most Disappointing Places To Visit On Earth", Business Insider UK:

2. A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
3. (pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.

   The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.

Synonyms

• (vision): cacotopia, kakotopia, anti-utopia
• (medical condition): ectopia, ectopy, heterotopia, malposition

Antonyms

• utopia

Derived terms

• dystopian
• dystopic

Translations

(*) The German word Dystopie is mainly used in the medical field.
(**) Is rarely used, instead the terms Anti-Utopia, Gegenutopie, or negative Utopie are used.

See also

• Orwellian

Anagrams

• atypoids

Finnish

Noun

dystopia

1. dystopia

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From English dystopia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??st?.p?a/

Noun

dystopia f

1. (film, literature) dystopia (vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) dystopiczny

Further reading

• dystopia in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• dystopia in Polish dictionaries at PWN