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What is an anatopism?

What is an anatopism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (rare) A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.
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The production team also had significant problems with the scenes in the parking garage, and how to avoid the anatopism of contemporary cars being found on Caprica.
A war elephant described rampaging through Tenochtitlan in a novel about the Aztec Empire would be an anatopism.

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