different between utopia vs heterotopia

English

Etymology

From New Latin ?topia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek ?? (ou, “not”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”) + -?? (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ju??t??.pi.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ju?to?.pi.?/

Noun

utopia (countable and uncountable, plural utopia or utopias)

1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

Antonyms

• dystopia
• unutopia

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• heaven
• paradise

References

Catalan

Noun

utopia f (plural utopies)

1. utopia

Derived terms

• utòpic

Finnish

(index u)

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek ?? (ou, “not, no”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”).

Noun

utopia

1. utopia

Declension

Anagrams

• poutia, toipua

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek ?? (ou, “not, no”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.to?pi.a/, [ut?o?pi?ä], (in fast speech) [ut?o?piä?]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: u?to?pìa

Noun

utopia f (plural utopie)

1. utopia

   Antonym: distopia

Derived terms

• utopico
• utopista

Related terms

• utopistico

References

• utopia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?t?.p?a/

Noun

utopia f

1. utopia

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) utopijny
• (adverb) utopijnie
• (nouns) utopijno??, utopista, utopistka

Further reading

• utopia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek ?? (ou, “not, no”) + ????? (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u?to?pi?a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopias)

1. utopia

English

Etymology

hetero- +? -topia

Noun

heterotopia (countable and uncountable, plural heterotopias)

1. (pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body

   Synonyms: ectopia, ectopy, dystopia, malposition

2. (ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats
3. (postmodern philosophy) A space which is alien to what is normal within the society, variably presenting a utopian vision in physical form or serving to segregate subversive elements from the wider society.
   • 2002, James W Flanagan, David M Gunn, Paula M McNutt, "Imagining" biblical worlds

     For Foucault, heterotopias are not imagined places but real places that almost delete themselves from public consciousness. They are null sites in awareness, yet inevitable and vital to the construction of space.

   Coordinate terms: utopia, topia

Related terms

• heterotopic
• heterotopology