In this solid account of the calamitous effect of dry utopianism on New York City, Lerner explains how the Prohibition amendment was passed and why its execution failed.
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Utopianism
Synonyms for "utopianism" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Adjective(1 words)
communalist theory
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
reformreformationregenerationrevisionismrevolutionromancetransformationunrealitywish fulfillmentwishful thinking
Noun(7 words)
romanticismunrealismutopian criticismutopian discourseutopian studiesutopian theoryvisionary thinking
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More general
8 entriesbelief systemcritical theorycultural studiesideologyliterary studiesphilosophypolitical orientationpolitical theory
More specific
8 entriesfantastical plansnaive optimismoveridealizationpolitical utopianismreligious utopianismutopian fiction analysisutopian political theoryutopian socialism
Collocations
6 entriesutopian critiqueutopian fictionutopian ideologyutopian societyutopian thinkingutopianism in politics
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Barack Obama in 2008 was probably the last western leader to capture this sentiment, with his slogan “Hope and change”. […] That shared utopianism allowed tech leaders to bond with political leaders.
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