anatopism
noun[CorU]
formaluk/əˈnæt.ə.pɪz.əm/us/əˈnæt̬.ə.pɪz.əm/aperson, thing, orideathat isrepresented, forexamplein abookorfilm, as being in aplacewhere they do not or did not reallyexist:
Thedepictionof afieldofmaizein aBiblicalnativityscenein theMiddleEastis an anatopism.
Theconceptof anatopism is not asfamiliarasanachronism.
- If youlookcloselyat thescenesof the USMarines'training, you canseeBritishroadmarkingsdueto thefilmbeingshotinEngland: aclearcaseof anatopism.
- ThesceneshowsAfricanantscarryingleavesintheirjaws, which is an anatopism as onlyLatinAmerican leaf-cutterantsexhibitthisbehaviour.
- Apaintingof Julius Caesartalkingto anAboriginalAustralian would be an anatopism, becausealthoughtheyexistedat the sametime, they did notexistin the sameplace.
Places and locations
- behind
- Cambrian
- capital
- coign of vantage
- direction
- drop-in
- far from the madding crowdidiom
- geotag
- hill
- multi-location
- multi-site
- natal
- nestle
- nook
- position
- station
- technology park
- venue
- whereabouts
- World Heritage Site