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  • n  the political orientation of a Utopian who believes in impossibly idealistic schemes of social perfection

  • We believe that modern Christian pacifism is tinctured with utopianism, derived from a secular culture.
  • The utopianism of the 19th century, bold and fruitful as much of it was, tended to confuse dream and reality.
  • Upon hearing him say that, one is tempted to go for a pistol, but after a day of McDonough's instruction in much more than architecture, one sees that his utopianism is grounded in .
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  • Ralph Nader in Economist
    This was not, as you might suppose, a satire but what Mr Nader called "an exercise in practical Utopianism".
  • Bazalgette in guardian.co.uk
    One is a sort of misplaced utopianism: that all programmes should be morally improving and none should be merely diverting,complained Bazalgette. "Another is that to enjoy programmes whose sole purpose is entertainment you must be stupid,...

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