"Anachronism" is to "time" as what is to "space"?
Is there a noun for something that is "out of place" in space, like an anachronism is "out of place" in time? E.g., an old-timey barber shop in a chic neighborhood.
Solution 1:
I looked up the Greek root for place and thought, "hey, maybe I'll coin my own: anatopism." Except that it's already been done.
Solution 2:
Incongruous
(which also works for replacing anachronistic as well as 'not in the right location')
Solution 3:
A few options (mostly not nouns, however):
- misfit
- sticks out
- out of sync
- misplaced
- misaligned
Solution 4:
The answer is anachorism defined in dictionaries as:
anachorism
the placing of a scene, character, event, etc., where it clearly does not belong, either for special effect or as an oversight. See also anachronism. — anachoristic, adj.
An action, event, character or scene which is out of time sequence.