Utopia
Origin: Gr. οὐ, no, y τόπος
Any real or imaginary society with many desirable features. Representation, system or project that a priori seems unrealizable or impossible. Vision of a society organized and governed of ideal form that would not consider the reality. A literary form, popular in the Middle Ages and later, in which an author outlined his or her ideal society. Now has connotations of being 'unrealistic' However, the Utopian impulse is arguably being re-born in perspectives which explore viable human futures. "Utopian" in a negative meaning is used to discredit ideas as too advanced, too optimistic or unrealistic, impossible to realize. It is applied to notions that are (supposedly) too optimistic and idealistic for practical application. A global utopia of world peace is often seen as one of the possible inevitable endings of history.
Spanish: Utopía
Sources and references
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- More, Thomas; Utopíaview
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