Anatopism Definition

noun

(rare) A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.

A war elephant described rampaging through Tenochtitlan in a novel about the Aztec Empire would be an anatopism.
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Other Word Forms of Anatopism

Noun

Singular:
anatopism
Plural:
anatopisms

Origin of Anatopism

  • From Ancient Greek ἀνά (ana, “against”) and τόπος (topos, “place”); apparently by analogy with anachronism.

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