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CREDITBRIGITTE LACOMBE

Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel

A new wave of apocalyptic fiction is emerging from writers grappling with the chaotic aftermath and stinging disappointments of the Arab Spring.

1d agoBy ALEXANDRA ALTER

dystopia 

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtəʊpɪə/ 

NOUN

An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically atotalitarian or environmentally degraded one. The opposite of utopia.

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Origin

Late 18th century: from dys- 'bad' + utopia.

dystopian 

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtəʊpɪən/ 

ADJECTIVE

Relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one:the dystopian future of a society bereft of reasonthe utopian dream that became a dystopian nightmare

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NOUN

A person who advocates or describes an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad:a lot of things those dystopians feared did not come true