không tưởng
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Definition
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.
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.
- Utopian
- Một kế hoạch không tưởngA utopian plan