romantopia
/ˌɹəʊ.mənˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
romantopia means A fantasy world which serves as an ideal setting for romance as typically imagined by women.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, romantopia ranks #16,733 of 42,747 for Qualifying.
romantopia is pronounced /ˌɹəʊ.mənˈtəʊ.pi.ə/.
Etymology
Blend of romance + utopia; originally coined by evolutionary psychologists Catherine Salmon and Donald Symons in their book Warrior Lovers: Erotic Fiction, Evolution, and Female Sexuality (2001; →ISBN) to describe the setting in romance novels.
noun
- A fantasy world which serves as an ideal setting for romance as typically imagined by women.e.g.“But why, one might wonder, is there no commercial erotic genre that combines the ingredients of pornotopia and romantopia, thereby doubling the potential audience and the potential profit?” — 2001, Catherine Salmon and Donald Symons (2001), Warrior lovers: erotic fiction, evolution, and female sexuality (New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University Press), page 68
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