dystopia

noun

Etymology: From dys- + -topia, as if from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), based on utopia being reinterpreted as eu-topia.

1. A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.

   “As novelist, he knows, too, that when he sees the future, it will not work—he will automatically be creating a “dystopia” (no one creates utopias any more: even the utopias of the past look like dystopias to us).”

   “2. FEAR OF TECHNOLOGY/THE BOMB/THE FUTURE—Progress run amok, either in the form of cybernetic creatures that turn against their masters, or future dystopiae in which society is controlled by technology.”

2. Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.

   “The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia.”

   “2. Dystopiæ of separate organs.”