Timeline for Correct word for something less believed in society
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| Feb 3, 2015 at 20:05 | comment | added | user66974 | In practical usage 'utopia' is used to refer to political reforms which, for some reason, are considered very difficult or impossible to carry out, and I understand this is what OP is referring to. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 20:01 | comment | added | Martin Krzywinski | This suggestion implies improvement and, in common use, perfection. Used by itself it's meant to refer to More's Utopia (1516), which is a place. Even when used as an adjective (e.g. a utopian ideal, a utopian approach to voting), it still doesn't imply that only a minority of people believe it. In fact, it may be that most believe it in theory but see it as impossible (or impractical) to implement in practise. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 19:52 | history | answered | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |