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cacotopia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-co-topia
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dystopia; the worst possible world.

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cacotopias (plural) kakotopia (alternative)

Questions

What does cacotopia mean?
A dystopia; the worst possible world.
Where does cacotopia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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