The opposite of Utopia - an account of an undesirable future. Novels such as George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and Eugene Zamyatin's We are considered dystopias - and that makes them dystopic.

state in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror

a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror

a fictional society, usually existing in a future time period, in which the condition of life is extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror

a society where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

the opposite of utopia. A fictitious account of horrors to come.

A dystopia (alternatively, cacotopia Cacotopia (caco = bad) was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 19th century works (http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980528, http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/articles/col-dystopia.htm, http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN157181440X&id=3ye0vWc85eYC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=John+Stuart+Mill+dystopia+1868&sig=YesYZ8kSJZhhi2NdHdOQdZ0nDTk), kakotopia or anti-utopia) is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. It is usually characterized by an oppressive social control, such as an authoritarian or totalitarian government.