utopia

(noun)

An ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system.

Related Terms

  • Second Great Awakening
  • Calvinist

Examples of utopia in the following topics:

  • References

    • Utopia through the control of human behavior.
  • Mixing Academic and Colloquial Styles

    • Detroit is not a utopia.
    • Granted, I have never seen a real-life utopia, but neither have the people who think Detroit is a lost cause.
    • Utopias do not exist in the real world: Sir Thomas More derived the term "utopia" by combining the Greek words for "no" and "place," its definition is "nowhere," although people use this word to describe their ideal city.
  • Georgia

    • In Savannah, the Oglethorpe Plan provided for a utopia: “an agrarian model of sustenance while sustaining egalitarian values holding all men as equal.”
  • Slavery in the South

    • In Savannah, the Oglethorpe Plan provided for a utopia: “an agrarian model of sustenance while sustaining egalitarian values holding all men as equal.”
  • The Communist Economic System

    • Therefore, he thought that if everything was shared and owned by everyone, a worker's paradise or Utopia could be achieved.
  • Conclusion: A Maturing Society

    • The Second Great Awakening also prompted many religious utopias, like those of the Rappites, the Shakers, and the Mormons.
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