anatopism
noun [ C or U ] formal uk/əˈnæt.ə.pɪz.əm/ us/əˈnæt̬.ə.pɪz.əm/
地方錯置：在书本或电影中，某人、物或概念被误植到不可能出现的历史、文化环境里。
a person, thing, or idea that is represented, for example in a book or film, as being in a place where they do not or did not really exist
The depiction of a field of maize in a Biblical nativity scene in the Middle East is an anatopism. 在中东的圣经耶稣诞生场景中描绘玉米田是一种地方错置。
The concept of anatopism is not as familiar as anachronism. 地方錯置的概念并不像年代错置那样为人熟知。
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- If you look closely at the scenes of the US Marines' training, you can see British road markings due to the film being shot in England: a clear case of anatopism.
- The scene shows African ants carrying leaves in their jaws, which is an anatopism as only Latin American leaf-cutter ants exhibit this behaviour.
- A painting of Julius Caesar talking to an Aboriginal Australian would be an anatopism, because although they existed at the same time, they did not exist in the same place.