utopianism









utopianism


utopianism [yoo-toh-pee-uh-niz-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

  1. the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.

Origin of utopianism 1655–65; utopian + -ism Related formsu·to·pi·an·ist, noun Examples from the Web for utopianism Historical Examples of utopianism

  • Otherwise, indeed, it would only be a new kind of Utopianism.

    Socialism

    John Spargo

  • Doubtless both Marx and Engels lapsed occasionally into Utopianism.

    Socialism

    John Spargo

  • Quixotism, or Utopianism; that is another of the devil’s pet words.

    Lectures on Architecture and Painting

    John Ruskin

  • Let us think for a few moments what romance and Utopianism mean.

    Lectures on Architecture and Painting

    John Ruskin

  • It was the utopianism of our tails, in most cases, that first cracked the shell.

    Socialism: Positive and Negative

    Robert Rives La Monte

  • Word Origin and History for utopianism n.

    c.1810, from utopian + -ism.

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