Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Utopian: Pertaining to or characteristic of an idealistic vision of a perfect society, often considered impractical or impossible to achieve in reality.
   • Unrealistic / Impractical: Describing ideas, plans, or theories that are fanciful, visionary, and detached from practical considerations or real-world conditions.

2. Noun:

   • Utopianism: The belief in or pursuit of a utopian ideal.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đó là một ý tưởng không tưởng. (That is a utopian idea.)
  • Kế hoạch của họ nghe rất không tưởng. (Their plan sounds very unrealistic.)
• Noun:
  • Chủ nghĩa không tưởng từng phổ biến trong thế kỷ 19. (Utopianism was once popular in the 19th century.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in political and social discourse to critique proposals deemed too idealistic, ignoring practical constraints.
  • Phê bình đó chỉ ra tính chất không tưởng của cải cách. (That criticism points out the utopian nature of the reform.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chủ nghĩa không tưởng (n): Utopianism (the ideology or practice).
• Tính không tưởng (n): The quality of being utopian or unrealistic.

Synonyms

• Utopian: Idealistic, visionary.
• Impractical: Unrealistic, fanciful, quixotic.

Related Concepts

• Không tưởng is the direct translation of "utopia," a term coined by Sir Thomas More. Its opposite is phản không tưởng (dystopian).
• In historical context, it is associated with Chủ nghĩa xã hội không tưởng (Utopian Socialism), early socialist theories that envisioned ideal communities without a practical revolutionary strategy.

1. Utopian
   • Một kế hoạch không tưởng
     A utopian plan