It literally translates as “no place”, coming from the Greek: οὐ (“not”) and τόπος (“place”), and meant any non-existent society, when ‘described in considerable detail’. The word utopia was coined in 1516 from Ancient Greek by the Englishman Sir Thomas More for his Latin text Utopia. This is the woodcut for Utopia's map as it appears in Thomas More's Utopia printed by Dirk Martens in december 1516 (the first edition). Utopia has an inherent contradictory nature here. But if used wrongly, it becomes dangerous.
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There are socialist, capitalist, monarchical, democratic, anarchist, ecological, feminist, patriarchal, egalitarian, hierarchical, racist, left-wing, right-wing, reformist, free love, nuclear family, extended family, gay, lesbian and many more utopias Utopianism, some argue, is essential for the improvement of the human condition. Lyman Tower Sargent argues that the nature of a utopia is inherently contradictory because societies are not homogeneous and have desires which conflict and therefore cannot simultaneously be satisfied. Hypothetical utopias focus on-amongst other things-equality, in such categories as economics, government and justice, with the method and structure of proposed implementation varying based on ideology. In common parlance, the word or its adjectival form may be used synonymously with "impossible", "far-fetched" or "deluded". However, it may also denote an intentional community. It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the New World. A utopia ( / j uː ˈ t oʊ p i ə/ yoo- TOH-pee-ə) typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its members.