different between dystopia vs apocalypse

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (apokálupsis, “revelation”), literally meaning "uncovering", from ??? (apó, “after”) and ??????? (kalúpt?, “I cover”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?k?l?ps/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?k?l?ps/
• Hyphenation: a?poc?a?lypse

Noun

apocalypse (plural apocalypses)

1. A revelation. [from 14th c.]

   The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.

2. (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
3. (Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
4. A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 699:

     The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.

Synonyms

• armageddon
• doomsday
• Ragnarok (Ragnarök)
• end times
• eschaton

Hyponyms

• nuclear holocaust
• Final Judgment
• judgement day
• zombie apocalypse

Derived terms

• apocalyptic
• apocalypticism
• snowpocalypse

Translations

Related terms

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apocalypse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

From Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (apokálupsis).

Pronunciation

Noun

apocalypse f (plural apocalypses)

1. apocalypse (disaster)

Related terms

• apocalyptique

Further reading

• “apocalypse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

apocalypse

1. ablative singular of apocalypsis