dystopia
(noun) [dis-TOE-pee-ah]
1. an imaginary place or society in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, squalor, oppression or terror: "Robert Dole's presidential ad campaign will be remembered most for its over-the-top TV commercials. They featured a dark, desert-like dystopia -- as a narrator described what would happen if Clinton took a 2nd term."
2. (as in literature) a work describing such a place or society
adjective form: dystopian noun form: dystopianism
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