Anachorism
/əˈnækərɪzəm/noun
An error of geography or location, especially placing a person, event, or object in the wrong place.
Did you know?Anachorism was created as a geographical counterpart to anachronism: instead of placing something in the wrong time, it places it in the wrong place.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
χῶρος (khōros)
“Place, space, region, or territory”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἀνά (ana-)
“Up, back, again, or wrongly in later compounds”
19th Century
English
anachorism
“A learned formation modeled on anachronism, referring to a geographical misplacement”
Modern English
English
anachorism
“An error in location or geography”
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