This widespread neologism is born as opposed to utopia ("non-existent site with an ideally organized society"), also with literary intention that extended to theatre and film. It is a fictional genre where a society (which usually reflects ours) is subjected to totalitarian power, a system that uses it for its own benefit or that of its leaders simulating the good of the population. And it is another mistoped name: as 'utopia' has Greek etymology, the opposite considering its definition is anti-utopia using the prefix 945; 957; 964; 953; ( anti- "opposite" ), and not 948; 965; 963; ( dis- "anomaly" ) . So I would be naming an "anomaly place, with difficulties", and it does not fit very well with the concept. Of course if they used the Latin prefix dis- ( "denial, contradiction") it would be much worse (although it is a variant of Greek interpreting as negative to what is incorrect).
