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The term "future" in that definition is idiosyncratic to the dictionary it was taken from, certainly. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dystopia#English don’t have any mention of "future".

Neither dys- nor -topia relates to time. One can apply dystopia in the long time ago in a distant galaxy setup, in some future, in some alternative dimension, or in present time.

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considering it's antonym is a utopia and utopias are imagined; I think your argument is imagined.

Thanks. I'll be here all week.

Eu- is a classic antonym morph for dys-, yes, and though rendered as u- is less usual it's still the same morpheme that one find in euphoria or euphony.

Both are classically used to name fiction places, starting with Thomas More eponymous book.

That said, neither eu- nor dys- are related to chronology or imaginative consideration on themselves, only about how desirable or awful the prefixed root is assessed to be in the judged situation.

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