English Explanatory Dictionary

cacotopia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dystopia; a worst possible world.

Word forms

cacotopia cacotopias kakotopia

Etymology

From caco- + -topia, from Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”), by rebracketing utopia as eu- + -topia, from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good”).

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