[f. as prec. + -IST. Cf. F. utopiste (1857), It., Sp., Pg. Utopista, and UTOPIANIST.] = UTOPIAN sb. 2.
1845. Lewes, Hist. Philos., I. 100. Like the Utopists of modern days, he [sc. Plato] has developed an à priori theory of what the State should be.
1881. Morley, Cobden, xxix. II. 268. Men … who … thought that the existing government … was better than the anarchy of utopists, anarchists, and talkers.
1898. Salesian Bulletin, 15 Feb., 404. The indefatigable utopist of abandoned youth.
