different between dystopia vs dystocia

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 Ancient Greek ???????? (dustokía, “difficult childbirth”), from ???- (dus-, “bad”) + ????? (tókos, “childbirth”), from ????? (tíkt?, “I give birth”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?to???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?t????/
• Hyphenation: dys?to?cia

Noun

dystocia (countable and uncountable, plural dystocias)

1. (medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery.
   • 2005, James Mahoney, Primate Management: Medical Care, Sonia Wolfe-Coote (editor), The Laboratory Primate, page 256,

     In macaques, baboons and chimpanzees, dystocia because of breech birth is the commonest category of fetal death. […] Breech dystocia is rarely a problem for mother or neonates in small, multitocus species like marmosets and tamarins.

   • 2008, Dan Rice, The Complete Book of Dog Breeding, 2nd Edition, page 96:

     Although fetal dystocias are sometimes relieved by manipulation and instrumentation, cesarean sections are often the only practical methods of treatment.

   • 2009, James A. O?Leary, Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury: Prevention and Treatment, page 102:

     It is an appropriate way to allow resolution of the dystocia, after clearing the airway and checking for a nuchal cord.

     The prevailing thinking is that the time window in which to resolve a shoulder dystocia before asphyxial insult (not injury) is about 4 minutes.

Antonyms

• (difficult childbirth): eutocia

Derived terms

• dystocial

Translations