anatopism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.

Word forms

anatopism anatopisms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “against”) and τόπος (tópos, “place”), apparently by analogy with anachronism.

Related words

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