Utopians

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A collective of individuals who seek to establish a perfect society rooted in ideal political and social principles
2. People who imagine and work towards creating a flawless community defined by comprehensive well-being and equality
3. Those who envision or promote a society based on perfect social and political ideals

Etymology: Thomas More gave the root of this word to the world in 1516, when he published "Utopia," a book describing an imaginary island with a perfectly ordered society. He built the title from Greek: "ou" meaning "not" and "topos" meaning "place," so the name means roughly "no-place." A pun was also at work, since "eutopia," pronounced the same way, means "good place," and More's readers would have caught the joke. "Utopian" is simply the adjective formed by adding the suffix "-an" to "utopia," meaning "of or relating to utopia." The plural "utopians" is the form of that noun used for people who share the ideal, and it is the noun in your sense, a group pursuing a perfect society. The word is the plural of "utopian," which is itself a derived form of "utopia."

Synonyms: idealists, visionaries, dreamers

Antonyms: realists, cynics