What is another word for erewhon?

Pronunciation: [ɪɹˈuːhən] (IPA)

"Erewhon" is a fictional word coined by Samuel Butler in his novel "Erewhon." It is a satirical view of a utopian society that is reversed and backward. The word has become synonymous with a place or state that seems ideal but is actually quite flawed or strange. Other synonyms for "Erewhon" might include "dystopia," "utopia," "fantasy land," "Wonderland" or "Narnia." These words all imply places that may be attractive or desirable on the surface, but are fundamentally flawed or not what they seem. Whether used in a literary or a more general sense, the word "Erewhon" evokes a sense of skepticism and caution in the reader or listener.

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What are the hypernyms for Erewhon?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    utopian society, Alternative universe, Fiction setting, Fictional world, Imagined universe, Literary realm, Science fiction fantasy.

Usage examples for Erewhon

In "erewhon" I did not think it necessary to insist on this, and did not, indeed, yet fully know what I was driving at.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
It would be doing too little credit to Mr. Romanes' intelligence to suppose him not to have known when he said this that "Life and Habit" was written as seriously as my subsequent books on evolution, but it suited him at the moment to join those who professed to consider it another book of paradoxes such as, I suppose, "erewhon" had been, so he classed the two together.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
There is plenty of poetry in the Penguin Island and erewhon, for example.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell

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