English

anti-utopia

From anti- + utopia.

A compound of anti- + utopia

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Ancient Greek οὐ ‘not’

Ancient Greek τόπος ‘place, location’

New Latin Ūtopia

Today it means

noun A world that is the opposite of a utopia, i.e. flawed and maximally unpleasant.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / anti-utopia