Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Faulty or incongruous arrangement; specifically, in art, an inharmonious grouping of objects.
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- noun rare A thing that is out of its proper
place ; the geographic counterpart toanachronism .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἀνά ("against") and τόπος ("place"); apparently by analogy with anachronism.
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Examples
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Plautus 'frequent forgetfulness of his Greek environment and the interjection of Roman references -- what De Quincey calls "anatopism" -- is another item of careless composition too well known to need more than passing mention.
The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916
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