1. A hypothetical or theoretical society that possesses perfect or near-perfect qualities, characterized by justice, harmony, equality, and the absence of suffering or conflict
Plato's Republic describes an ideal society governed by philosophers
A República de Platão descreve uma sociedade ideal governada por filósofos
2. A model or standard of how society should be organized according to specific philosophical, political, or moral principles
Many utopian writers have envisioned their own version of an ideal society
Muitos escritores utópicos imaginaram sua própria versão de uma sociedade ideal