The phrase "utopian dream" refers to an idealized or perfect vision of the future that may be difficult or impossible to achieve in reality. Full definition
Finally, I have called for the nourishing of utopian dreams of a perfected social order to shake us loose from our obsolete ideas and idolatrous loyalties and to open us to the images and ideals appropriate for the coming era. (religion-online.org)
Perhaps, when utopian dreams fail — as they do, over and over, in Moon Brow — the only appropriate response, to borrow one of Nabokov's timeless phrases, is laughter in the dark. (bookbrowse.com)
It is realistic wisdom and eternal vigilance, not utopian dreams, that may guide us through these rapids. (religion-online.org)