heterotopia

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body
2. The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats
3. A space which is alien to what is normal within the society, variably presenting a utopian vision in physical form or serving to segregate subversive elements from the wider society.

Συνώνυμα

dystopia

ectopia

allotopia

ectopy

malposition

dystopy

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From hetero- + -topia.