romantopia

发音

UK /ˌɹəʊ.mənˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
US /ˌɹoʊ.mənˈtoʊ.pi.ə/

词形变化

romantopias 复数 romantopias

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fantasy world which serves as an ideal setting for romance as typically imagined by women.

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    But why, one might wonder, is there no commercial erotic genre that combines the ingredients of pornotopia and romantopia, thereby doubling the potential audience and the potential profit?

    The crucial difference between romantopia and intimatopia is that in intimatopia, intimacy is normally established before sexual interaction and is always maintained after it, whereas in romantopia, it is only established by sexual interaction and is frequently transitory.

    In opposition to romantopia and intimatopia and their respective romance and intimacy foci, paratopia’s interest in the fantastic is more radical.

词源

Blend of romance + utopia; originally coined by evolutionary psychologists Catherine Salmon and Donald Symons in their book Warrior Lovers: Erotic Fiction, Evolution, and Female Sexuality (2001; →ISBN) to describe the setting in romance novels.

来源：wiktionary