The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DYSTOPIA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DYSTOPIA
- Deplorable state of poor sod — a pity!
- One after tips in dingy bar — a horrible place
- Help revolutionary over variable period in US
- 1984, for one, appearing good in among today’s chaos
- Dismal day about to end with one in dismal situation
- Work in a sty, I’d fancy there’s no worse place
- Unfortunately it’s a dopy state that’s as far from perfection as possible
- Soap tidy used in nineteen-eighty-four perhaps?
- Said typo was wrong in 1984, for example
- Built spy to aid Orwellian 1984-like setting
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The straight part
We know that "1984, for one" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case 1984, for one = dystopia.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DYSTOPIA mean?
DYSTOPIA noun- A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
- A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
- Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.