Definition
An imaginary terrible or dysfunctional place; the opposite of utopia where everything is bad or goes wrong.
Etymology
From Greek 'kakos' (bad) + 'topos' (place). This term is the deliberate opposite of 'utopia' and emerged in the 20th century for describing dystopian concepts.
Kelly Says
While 'dystopia' is the common term now, 'cacotopia' is technically the more etymologically 'correct' opposite of utopia—it's a perfect example of how multiple words can exist to describe the same concept, sometimes for reasons of historical accident rather than logic.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ካካቶፒያ
ka-ka-to-pi-ya
ARالعربية
كاكوتوبيا
ka-ko-to-pee-ya
BNবাংলা
ক্যাকোটোপিয়া
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
CACatalà
cacotopia
ka-ko-to-pi-a
CSČeština
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
DADansk
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
DEDeutsch
Cacotopie
ka-ko-TOH-pee-eh
ELΕλληνικά
κακοτοπία
ka-ko-to-pee-ah
ESEspañol
cacotopia
ka-koh-TOH-pee-ah
FAفارسی
کاکوتوپیا
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
FISuomi
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
FRFrançais
cacotopie
ka-koh-TOH-pee
GUGU
કેકોટોપિયા
ke-ko-to-pi-ya
HAHA
kakotopiya
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
HEעברית
קאקוטופיה
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
HIहिन्दी
कॅकोटोपिया
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
HUMagyar
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
cacotopia
ka-ko-to-pi-a
IGIG
kàkòtòpìà
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
ITItaliano
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
KKKK
қақотопия
qa-ko-to-pi-ya
KMKM
កាកូតូពី
ka-ko-to-pi
KO한국어
카코토피아
ka-ko-to-pi-a
MRMR
कॅकोटोपिया
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
cacotopia
ka-ko-to-pi-a
MYမြန်မာ
ကကောတောပီးယ
ka-ka-to-pi-ya
NLNederlands
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
NONorsk
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
PAPA
ਕੈਕੋਟੋਪੀਆ
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
PLPolski
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
PTPortuguês
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
RORomână
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
RUРусский
какотопия
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
SVSvenska
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
SWKiswahili
cacotopia
ka-ko-to-pi-a
TAதமிழ்
காக்கோடோபியா
ka-ka-to-pi-ya
TEతెలుగు
కాకోటోపియ
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
THไทย
คาโคโตเปีย
ka-ko-to-pe-i
TLTL
cacotopia
ka-ko-to-pi-a
TRTürkçe
cacotopia
ka-ko-TOH-pee-ah
UKУкраїнська
какотопія
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
URاردو
کاکوٹوپیہ
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
VITiếng Việt
cacotopia
ka-ko-to-pi-a
YOYO
kakotopiia
ka-ko-to-pi-ya
ZH中文
卡科托皮亚
ka-ke-tuo-pi-ya
ZUZU
ikakotopiya
i-ka-ko-to-pi-ya