anatopism
Meanings
noun
- A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “against”) and τόπος (tópos, “place”), apparently by analogy with anachronism.
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