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Concept of an idealized society
sociologist Ruth Levitas, social psychologists have tested the functions of utopian thinking among people. Utopia is fundamentally a cultural and psychological
Utopian_thinking
Imaginary community with desirable qualities
the New World, but some utopian visions predate it. Hypothetical utopias and existing intentional communities that have utopian elements focus on, among
Utopia
English political philosopher (born 1948)
Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (2007), a critique of utopian thinking in the modern world. Gray sees volition, and hence morality, as an
John_Gray_(philosopher)
Theory explaining defense of status quo systems
remains a current trend. Utopian thinking has been proposed as an effective way to overcome system justification. Thinking about an ideal society can
System_justification_theory
Action taken together by a group of people to further a common objective
literature (see van Zomeren, Postmes, & Spears for a review). Also, utopian thinking has been proposed as an antecendant to collective action, aside to
Collective_action
American crime drama television series (2002–2008)
others, Fredric Jameson (who praised the series' ability to weave utopian thinking into its realist representation of society); and Leigh Claire La Berge
The_Wire
2023 video game
Thwaites, Sarah (19 October 2023). "Cities: Skylines II Review - Utopian Thinking". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved
Cities:_Skylines_II
Activities associated with group decisions
moralists, politics is closely linked to ethics, and is at its extreme in utopian thinking. For example, according to Hannah Arendt, the view of Aristotle was
Politics
U.S. satellite in 1957
is in the public domain. Lina Kohonen, "The Space race and Soviet utopian thinking", Sociological Review; Vol. 57, May 2009, p. 114 John P. Hagen, "The
Vanguard_TV-3
Recognition and affirmation of diversity and coexistence within a political body
natural plurality of values. Pluralists likewise reject historicism and utopian thinking. While some, like John N. Gray, repudiate historical progress altogether
Pluralism (political philosophy)
Pluralism_(political_philosophy)
2001 book by John Rawls
explains why political liberalism is not only possible, but why it is not utopian thinking to believe that such a society is possible. Looking primarily at the
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
Justice_as_Fairness:_A_Restatement
2020 American documentary film
2020. Knibbs, Kate (May 12, 2020). "Spaceship Earth and the Value of Utopian Thinking". Wired. Spaceship Earth at IMDb Spaceship Earth at Rotten Tomatoes
Spaceship_Earth_(film)
Philosophy of education
education Giroux, H., 2007. Utopian thinking in dangerous times: Critical pedagogy and the project of educated hope. Utopian pedagogy: Radical experiments
Critical_pedagogy
2000 book by David W. Harvey
history of utopian movements, the book questions their failures and suggests a new form of utopian thinking, termed dialectical utopianism, emphasizing
Spaces_of_Hope
Efforts to make change in society toward a perceived greater good
method of social or political commentary. Art activism can activate utopian thinking, which is imagining about an ideal society that is different from the
Activism
1976 novel by Marge Piercy
this novel such as utopian studies, technoscience, socialization, and female fantasies. One of Piercy's main inspirations for her utopian novels is Plato's
Woman_on_the_Edge_of_Time
Dialectical economic process
the concept of a self-regulating market of laissez-faire is quite utopian thinking. The market system would break down if there isn't any management of
Double_movement
Kayanian dynasties, two mythological dynasties of Iran, encapsulate utopian thinking in ancient Persia. This is exemplified in multiple ways. For instance
Persian_mythology
Study of feasible utopian models for society
Real utopian sociology is an emancipatory social science created and practiced by Erik Olin Wright, a utopian studies scholar. The apparent contradiction
Real_utopian_sociology
Hungarian philosopher (1900–1973)
Solzhenitsyn who viewed utopian thinking as the ideological underpinning of totalitarianism. Kolnai explores what he calls the "utopian mind" phenomenologically
Aurel_Kolnai
Unconditional social welfare proposal
Van Parijs, Philippe (1 June 2013). "The Universal Basic Income: Why Utopian Thinking Matters, and How Sociologists Can Contribute to It*". Politics & Society
Universal_basic_income
1791–1804 slave revolt in Hispanola
colonial society and the law. Despite the idealist, rational, and utopian thinking surrounding both uprisings, extreme brutality was a fundamental aspect
Haitian_Revolution
Caravan' (1972)". Knibbs, Kate. "Spaceship Earth and the Value of Utopian Thinking". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08.
Theater_of_All_Possibilities
Keith B. (2015). "US Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence: Realist versus Utopian Thinking" (PDF). Air & Space Power Journal. 29 (4): 63. Volpe, Tristan & Kühn
History of France's military nuclear program
History_of_France's_military_nuclear_program
Scholar of migration studies
R. (2021) Refugees and global free human movement. A framework for Utopian Thinking in the Twentieth-First Century], in C. Astier and A. Errasti (eds)
Ricard_Zapata_Barrero
Austrian composer and conductor (1883–1945)
"optimism about human adaptability ... is the same ... that drives all utopian thinking." J. Kramer characterized early modernists (e.g., Schoenberg, Stravinsky
Anton_Webern
2008 epistolary essay by Nick Bostrom
transhumanism and 'the utopian standpoint of man'". In Bart van Klink, Marta Sconiewicka, and Leon van den Broeke (Eds.). Utopian Thinking in Law, Politics
Letter_from_Utopia
1969 novel by Marlen Haushofer
lack of positive messages and utopian moments is only partially shared by feminist reception. Approaches to utopian thinking and development potential of
The_Loft_(novel)
American journalist
opposed overt sentimentalism, celebration of human perfection and utopian thinking of romanticism. His views were in the tradition of classical pre-romantic
Irving_Babbitt
1974 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed (subtitled An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven
The_Dispossessed
Polish sociologist (born 1981)
his thesis Myślenie utopijne w teorii społecznej Zygmunta Baumana (Utopian Thinking in Zygmunt Bauman's Social Theory), written under the supervision of
Dariusz_Brzeziński
Community or society that is undesirable or frightening
complimentary to call them Utopians, they ought rather to be called dys-topians, or caco-topians. What is commonly called Utopian is something too good to
Dystopia
1995 essay on media theory and Silicon Valley politics
interest in anti-statism, the counterculture of the 1960s, and techno-utopianism. Proponents believed that in a post-industrial, post-capitalist, knowledge-based
The_Californian_Ideology
German author (1864–1947)
were exponents of early German Romanticism. In this blossoming period utopian thinking and a striving for balance between reason and fantasy, mind and body
Ricarda_Huch
American nonprofit organization
views as today's "faster/cheaper" mindset and to promote "slower/better" thinking. The Long Now Foundation hopes to "creatively foster responsibility" in
Long_Now_Foundation
Finnish writer (1893–1978)
Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113526419 Doctoral thesis about utopian thinking in Hagar Olsson's Works, 2011. (German with English and Swedish summary)
Hagar_Olsson
Position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
and religious critique. Atheist author Adam Lee defines freethought as thinking which is independent of revelation, tradition, established belief, and
Freethought
Dutch historian and political philosopher (born 1973)
Utopie: utopisch denken, doen en bouwen in de twintigste eeuw (Utopia: Utopian Thinking, Acting and Building in the Twentieth Century) (Jaarboek van het Nederlands
Luuk_van_Middelaar
Commonly used phrase used to quell cognitive dissonance
Lifton's thought-terminating clichés". Aldous Huxley's Brave New World – The "Utopian" Society uses thought-terminating clichés more conventionally, most notably
Thought-terminating_cliché
characterized by two main philosophical attitudes: the extension of an anti-utopian thinking on an intersubjective basis on the one hand, and the urge for a non-imitative
Intellectual movements in Iran
Intellectual_movements_in_Iran
Science fiction novel by Krzysztof Boruń
socjologiczna: poetyka i myślenie utopijne [Social Science Fiction: Poetics and Utopian Thinking] (in Polish). Białystok: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku. pp
Małe_zielone_ludziki
British social reformer (c. 1850–1933)
rather than public prominence. Diana Donald identifies a "strain of utopian thinking" in fin-de-siècle animal protection and argues that it was represented
Alice_Drakoules
American sociologist (born 1937)
(1996) CyberUnion: Empowering Labor through Computer Technology (1999) Utopian Thinking in Sociology: Creating the Good Society (2001) The CyberUnion Handbook:
Arthur_B._Shostak
1997 book by Wendy M. Grossman
the book as, "a nuanced map to the latest 'place' to inspire grand utopian thinking: the Internet, that ethereal and increasingly important worldwide network
Net.wars
circumstances surrounding it are studied academically as an example of utopian thinking, of which the influence extends beyond the island Marajó. In doing
Treaty_of_the_Mapuá
19th-century utopian community based in Brentwood, New York
Modern Times was a Utopian community existing from 1851 to 1864 in what is now Brentwood, New York, United States. Founded by Josiah Warren and Stephen
Modern_Times_(community)
Artificial intelligence is a recurrent theme in science fiction, whether utopian, emphasising the potential benefits, or dystopian, emphasising the dangers
Artificial intelligence in fiction
Artificial_intelligence_in_fiction
Sudanese human rights activist
Sudanese rather than falling hostage to rigid ideological and sometimes utopian thinking.” On May 23, 2013, she reviewed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s
Dalia_Haj-Omar
is particularly unadorned, and the subject matter, the dangers of utopian thinking, was important to the composer in his last years." Anne Midgette of
Three_Illusions_for_Orchestra
Disagreements between IR scholars
influential" than the notion that there was a debate between utopian and realist thinking. The "First Great Debate" also known as the "Realist-Idealist
Great Debates (international relations)
Great_Debates_(international_relations)
Chinese sexologist (1888–1970)
vitality of the resulting children. His political writings outlined a utopian "New China" which would govern society according to aesthetics and sentimentality
Zhang_Jingsheng
2022 studio album by Shinedown
authoritarianism and fascism, forced conformity, the oppression of independent thinking and freedom of speech, and the negative impact and consequences of censorship
Planet_Zero
Historic site in Llano, California
pg. 111. Shor, Utopianism and Radicalism in a Reforming America, pg. 169. Hine, California's Utopian Colonies, pg. 122. Shor, Utopianism and Radicalism
Llano_del_Rio
Narrative device used in literature
Speculative fiction Fantasy Gothic Southern Horror Magic realism Science Hard Utopian and dystopian Underwater Superhero Theological Thriller Urban Nonfiction
Stream_of_consciousness
French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)
many contributions to utopian literature and influenced the modern-day debate. Some intellectuals allude to the fact that the utopian system of modern life
Auguste_Comte
1872 utopian novel by Samuel Butler
Erewhon: or, Over the Range (/ˈɛr.ɛ.hwɒn/, ERR-eh-hwon) is a utopian novel by English writer Samuel Butler, first published in 1872, set in a fictional
Erewhon
Utopian thinker and novelist
Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (French: [etjɛn gabʁjɛl mɔʁɛli]; 1717–1778) was a French utopian thinker, philosopher and novelist. An otherwise "obscure tax official"
Étienne-Gabriel_Morelly
Negative mental attitude
purpose. Philosophical pessimism stands opposed to the optimism or even utopianism of Hegelian philosophies. Emil Cioran claimed "Hegel is chiefly responsible
Pessimism
Austrian psychoanalyst (1877–1920)
disciple of Sigmund Freud, he later became an anarchist and joined the utopian Ascona community. His father Hans Gross was a judge turned pioneering criminologist
Otto_Gross
Group of macroeconomic theories
on more rigorous theoretical foundation than ever before. One line of thinking, utilized also as a critique of the notably high unemployment and potentially
Keynesian_economics
Term for alternate history
utopias to contemporary uchronia. Existential Utopia: New Perspectives on Utopian Thought. Loyer, Emmanuelle (2019). Uchronia. Booksandideas.net. Paul Di
Uchronia
Art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
Olalquiaga uses Benjamin's concept of the "dialectical image" to argue for the utopian potential of "melancholic kitsch", which she differentiates from the more
Kitsch
Field of research
termed the 'first wave' of ERS. Described as an instance of technological utopianism which is defined by its expectation, or, as Noah B. Taylor characterizes
Existential_risk_studies
Ideology asserting the inevitability of communal association
subsequent scholarship have identified Fourier's set of ideas as a form of utopian socialism. Never tested in practice at any scale in Fourier's lifetime
Fourierism
Utopian scheme
πᾶν and ἰσοκρατία meaning "equal or level government by/for all") was a utopian scheme devised in 1794 by, among others, the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Pantisocracy
Government system where political power lies with the people
Reductionism Sapere aude Science Scientific method Spanish America Universality Utopianism Thinkers Austria Sonnenfels Zinzendorf Swieten England Addison Ashley-Cooper
Democracy
Philosophical movement
view, transhumanism is just another representative of the long line of utopian movements which seek to create "heaven on earth". On the other hand, religious
Transhumanism
1932 book by Carl Schmitt
conflict with one another. Schmitt attacks the "liberal-neutralist" and "utopian" notions that politics can be removed of all warlike, agonistic energy
The_Concept_of_the_Political
Croatian-Canadian literary critic
Award by the North American Society for Utopian Studies, 2013. A Distinguished Service Award by the European Utopian Studies Society, 2019. According to Suvin
Darko_Suvin
Chilean 1971–73 economic management project
Future in Postdictatorship Chile: Utopian Anticipation and Anti-utopian Critique in Jorge Baradit's Synco". Utopian Studies. 29 (3): 398–416. doi:10.5325/utopianstudies
Project_Cybersyn
Political philosophy pamphlet by Rosa Luxemburg
little more than a utopian if he believed that socialism could be reformed into existence, comparing his arguments to those of French utopian Charles Fourier
Social_Reform_or_Revolution?
Concept regarding the moral worth of the individual
language, the word individualism was first introduced as a pejorative by utopian socialists such as the Owenites in the late 1830s, although it is unclear
Individualism
Capacity for consciously making sense of things
application. Reasoning involves using more-or-less rational processes of thinking and cognition to extrapolate from one's existing knowledge to generate
Reason
American philosopher, architect and inventor (1895–1983)
hence-forth unrationalizable ... War is obsolete." He criticized previous utopian schemes as too exclusive and thought this was a major source of their failure
Buckminster_Fuller
German philosopher and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (1748–1830)
benevolent and uplifting influence upon society at large. His project was utopian and naively optimistic, and he himself was certainly not without flaws
Adam_Weishaupt
Religious commune in Oneida, New York (1848–1881)
Hayes Skinner – American writer and editor (1817–1893) List of American utopian communities Mormonism – Doctrine in the Latter Day Saint movement New religious
Oneida_Community
Fallacious approach to mislead an audience
to animals half so sagacious and so faithful as hounds, I cannot help thinking, that, in the case to which we are referring, they must have been misled
Red_herring
Person who engages in critical thinking and reasoning
An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the nature of reality, especially the nature of society and
Intellectual
1887 novel by William Henry Hudson
A Crystal Age is a utopian novel/Dystopia written by W. H. Hudson, first published in 1887. It concerns an inadvertent time traveler facing the challenge
A_Crystal_Age
English writer (1866–1946)
2022. Partington, John S. (2003). "H.G. Wells's Eugenic Thinking of the 1930s and 1940s". Utopian Studies. 14 (1): 74–81. ISSN 1045-991X. "H. G. Wells –
H._G._Wells
Schools of Thought, the most influential of which was that of Confucius. His thinking was firmly based in traditional Chinese worldview, which saw the values
History_of_political_thought
2023 novel by Justin Cronin
transporting elderly citizens to be reborn. Proctor gradually realizes that his utopian life is not what it seems. The Ferryman is Cronin's first novel since 2016's
The_Ferryman_(novel)
Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)
Reductionism Sapere aude Science Scientific method Spanish America Universality Utopianism Thinkers Austria Sonnenfels Zinzendorf Swieten England Addison Ashley-Cooper
Robert_Burns
American computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1948)
meet all of humanity's energy needs. Kurzweil was called "the ultimate thinking machine" by Forbes in 1998 and a "restless genius" by The Wall Street Journal
Ray_Kurzweil
Fictional island in Plato's works
impact on literature. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
Atlantis
American historian (born 1945)
the Age of Apathy (Basic Books, 1999) Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age (Columbia University Press, 2005) Bloodlust: On the Roots
Russell_Jacoby
1623 philosophical work by the philosopher Tommaso Campanella
Italian Dominican philosopher Tommaso Campanella. It is an important early utopian work. The work was written in Italian in 1602, shortly after Campanella's
The_City_of_the_Sun
2002 French film
3828/AJFS.44.2.153. Hainge, Greg. (2008) ‘L’Invention du Troisième Peuple: The Utopian vision of Philippe Grandrieux’s dystopias’, in J. West-Sooby (ed.) Nowhere
La_Vie_nouvelle
Social movement that accepts all forms of love
significantly alter mainstream gender norms. Throughout history, various utopian and radical movements have embraced the concept of free love as a challenge
Free_love
Latin phrase meaning "dare to know"
Foucault applied ontology to examine the innate resources for critical thinking of a person's faculty of Reason. With the analytical value of Sapere aude
Sapere_aude
English polymath (1642–1727)
"Natural Religion". The attacks made against pre-Enlightenment "magical thinking", and the mystical elements of Christianity, were given their foundation
Isaac_Newton
American philosopher, inventor, musician, and author (1798–1874)
establishment of the Cincinnati Time Store, followed by the founding of the Utopian Community of Modern Times. In his 1863 work titled True Civilization, Warren
Josiah_Warren
French writer and philosopher (1750–1803)
whose views presaged utopian socialism and communism. His views on a future golden age are occasionally described as utopian anarchism. He was editor
Sylvain_Maréchal
Political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic
reigning king's taste, even though he coded his political preferences in a utopian allegory.[citation needed] In England a type of republicanism evolved that
Republicanism
American politician (born 1954)
1976 and 1981, Kennedy was a partner and guide at a whitewater company, Utopian, based in West Forks, Maine. He organized and led several "first-descent"
Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
Societal or cultural prohibition
psychology Sociocybernetics Sociology Space Sport Technology Terrorism Urban Utopian Victimology Visual Methods Quantitative Qualitative Comparative Computational
Taboo
Village in Lanarkshire, Scotland
of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh utopian socialist and philanthropist, New Lanark became a successful business and
New_Lanark
2009 book by John Derbyshire
thinking to argue that modern Western civilization is dying and will eventually fail completely. He blames what he sees as a collectivist and Utopian
We_Are_Doomed
Late nineteenth century proposal for a utopian society
The Human Drift is a work of Utopian social planning, written by King Camp Gillette and first published in 1894. The book details Gillette's theory that
The_Human_Drift
French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706–1749)
concerning the best way to measure the force of a body and the best means of thinking about conservation principles. Posthumously, her ideas were represented
Émilie_du_Châtelet
UTOPIAN THINKING
UTOPIAN THINKING
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American, Australian
Chief
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Indian
Thinking, Wishing well of
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hitarthi | ஹிதாரதீÂ
Love, Good thinking
Hitarthi | ஹிதாரதீÂ
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hetarthi | ஹேதாரà¯à®¤à¯€
Love, Good thinking
Hetarthi | ஹேதாரà¯à®¤à¯€
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Biblical
Fleeing, thinking.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Meditate, Thinking, Thought
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Hindu
Meditate, Thinking, Thought
Girl/Female
Indian
Love, Good thinking
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sindhana | ஸிஂதநாÂ
Always thinking
Sindhana | ஸிஂதநாÂ
Girl/Female
Tamil
Anudhya | அநà¯à®¤à¯à®¯à®¾
Thinking, Wishing well of
Anudhya | அநà¯à®¤à¯à®¯à®¾
Girl/Female
Muslim
Dreams. Utopia.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Meditate, Thinking, Thought
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the buyer of provisions for a large household, from a reduced form of Anglo-Norman French acatour (Late Latin acceptator, an agent derivative of acceptare ‘to accept’). Modern English caterer results from the addition of a second agent suffix to the word.Slovenian (ÄŒater) : status name for a person who read out the Slovenian ceremonial text at the installation of the Carantanian rulers and, later, Carinthian dukes, derived from the dialect verb Äatiti ‘to read’. Carantania was the early medieval Slovenian state on the territory of present-day Carinthia and Styria, now divided between Austria and Slovenia. The people’s installation of the Carantanian rulers was an exceptional example of democratic elections in medieval Europe. Thomas Jefferson knew about it and was influenced by it in his thinking about American Independence.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of German Köter (see Koetter).
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Hindu
Meditate, Thinking, Thought
Girl/Female
Indian
Love, Good thinking
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Tobias, TOPIAS means "God is good."
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Topias, TOPI means "God is good."
Girl/Female
Greek
Thinking of the sea.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Harleena | ஹரà¯à®²à¯€à®¨à®¾
Thinking of God at all times
Harleena | ஹரà¯à®²à¯€à®¨à®¾
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Dreams; Utopia
UTOPIAN THINKING
UTOPIAN THINKING
Boy/Male
Biblical
Basis; foundation; the Lord.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Indian, Kannada
Bestower of Safety; Another Name for Vishnu
Girl/Female
Hindu
A small star, Starlet
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Like a King do Love and have Patience
Girl/Female
Tamil
Cute, Gem, Joyous song
Boy/Male
Celtic English Gaelic Scottish
From the ford by the oak trees.
Girl/Female
Christian, Indian
Greek Goddess
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Successfull Lady; To Succeed
Boy/Male
Hindu
Expert
Boy/Male
Tamil
Radiant
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UTOPIAN THINKING
UTOPIAN THINKING
n.
The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman.
a.
Utopian; ideal.
a.
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.
a.
Alt. of Esopic
n.
A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.
a.
Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.
n.
See Topsman, 2.
n.
A Utopian.
pl.
of Topman
n.
The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
n.
An Utopian; an optimist.
n.
The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
n.
Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Think
a.
Of or pertaining to Aesop, or in his manner.
n.
An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
n.
An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
n.
The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
a.
Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
n.
A man stationed in the top.