dystopianism

Etymology

From dystopian + -ism.

dystopianism means The condition of a dystopia (miserable, dysfunctional society). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

Why this word is great

DYSTOPIANISM — [Noun] The condition or quality of being a dystopia; the advocacy or characteristics of a miserable, dysfunctional society. From dystopian (from dystopia, from Greek dys- ("bad, difficult") + Utopia, a coined term for an ideal place) + the suffix -ism (denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement). Unlike utopianism (which strains toward an impossible zenith) or a dystopia (the concrete imagined hell), dystopianism is the pervasive *logic* of decay, the systemic principle that misery is not a bug but a feature. It is the sterile gleam of a surveillance camera in an empty plaza, the synthetic taste of nutrient paste dispensed with mandatory cheer, and the quiet horror of a bureaucracy that eliminates joy through impeccable, soulless procedure—a grim conviction that the future is not a promise, but a sentence already being served.

noun

The condition of a dystopia (miserable, dysfunctional society).