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Journal Article
When I use a word . . . Utopias, dystopias, cacotopias, agathotopias, kalotopias, and the NHS
2024
Overview
Sir Thomas More’s “libellus vere aureus,” his “golden little book,” Utopia, introduced a word for a fictional place that was supposedly perfect, although such fictional places had been written about for hundreds of years before his book appeared in 1516. The name “Utopia” was a pun, coming as it might from Greek words for either “no place” or “goodly place” (οὔ τόπος or εὐ τόπος), a pun that More himself explicitly pointed out. Later, the term “dystopia” was coined as an antonym, in contrast to “eutopia” rather than “outopia.” Then others suggested that “cacotopia” might be a better antonym. Later terms have included “agathotopia” and “kalotopia,” respectively a good place and a beautiful place. Which, I wonder, should be applied to the NHS of today?
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British Medical Journal Publishing Group,BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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