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anatopism — ANATOPÍSM s. n. ansamblu de tulburări care apar la unii emigranţi ca urmare a neadaptării la noua societate. (< fr. anatopisme) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
Anatopism — An anatopism (from the Greek ανα , against, and τόπος , place ) is something that is out of its proper place. Thus, for example, an outrigger canoe would be an anatopism in ancient Rome.The concept of anatopism is less widely familiar than that… … Wikipedia
anatopism — noun A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism. A described rampaging through Tenochtitlan in a novel about the Aztec Empire would be an anatopism. <!:The Polish writer , for the sake of making a point … Wiktionary
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Anachronism — An anachronism (from the Greek ana ανά , against, anti , and chronos χρόνος , time ) is anything that is temporally incongruous in the time period it has been placed in mdash;that is, it appears in a temporal context in which it seems… … Wikipedia
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Parachronism — A parachronism (from the Greek παρά , on the side, and χρόνος , time ) is anything that appears in a temporal context in which, though not sufficiently out of place as to be impossible, is not normally found in that time period. The item is often … Wikipedia
anatopisme — [anatɔpism] n. m. ÉTYM. 1952, Porot; 1866, « erreur de lieu »; du grec ana « de bas en haut, en arrière », et topos « lieu », d après le v. anatopousthai « changer de lieu », p. ê. sous l influence de l angl. anatopism, 1812, « fait d enlever… … Encyclopédie Universelle
