#377 dys- dystopia

dys- prefix- diseased, abnormal, faulty; difficult or painful

Latin from Greek dus

many dys words: dyslexia, dysfunction, dystopia- an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be

C19 coined by J. S. Mill from dys + utopia

While the father can still remember pieces of a time before everything turned gray and lifeless, this dystopia is all the son has ever known.

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