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''[[Dystopia]]'' is the most common term.  
 
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In Shakespeare's *The Tempest*, Miranda says, "How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!" This is the source of Huxley's title for his novel, which includes many Shakespeare quotations.
 
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From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
(Huxley) A cacotopia; a utopia in which the pictured culture is an undesirable one.

Dystopia is the most common term.

In Shakespeare's *The Tempest*, Miranda says, "How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!" This is the source of Huxley's title for his novel, which includes many Shakespeare quotations.


Fiction
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