laputan

• Adjektiv, das von 'Gullivers Reisen' von Jonathan Swift stammt und sich auf die Bewohner der fliegenden Insel Laputa bezieht. Es beschreibt jemanden, der weltfremd, visionär oder in abstrakte, spekulative Theorien versunken ist, oft so sehr, dass er den Bezug zur Realität verliert.

An adjective derived from Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels', referring to the inhabitants of the flying island of Laputa. It describes someone who is impractical, visionary, or absorbed in abstract, speculative theories, often to the point of being out of touch with reality.

1. Relating to LaputaC2formal

   Relating to or characteristic of the imaginary flying island of Laputa from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, or its inhabitants.

   Laputa betreffend

   • The Laputan philosophers were so absorbed in their abstract theories that they ignored practical matters.
   • The architecture of the building had a distinctly Laputan feel, with its floating platforms and intricate, impractical designs.
   • His Laputan ideas about government were fascinating but completely unworkable.

2. Impractical or speculativeC2formal

   Describing ideas or plans that are not practical or realizable; overly speculative or theoretical.

   Lebensfremd

   • The committee dismissed his proposal as a Laputan fantasy.
   • Her Laputan schemes for world peace were admirable but utterly unrealistic.
   • The project was criticized for its Laputan approach, ignoring the real-world constraints.

   Synonymechimericalfancifulimpracticalquixoticspeculativeunrealisticutopianvisionary

   Antonymefeasiblepracticalrealistic