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Heterotopia
Meaning
Noun
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In Pathology:
Normal
tissue
(or an
organ
) present at an
abnormal
part of the body
●
In Ecology:
The
occurrence
of an
organism
in
a number of
different habitats
●
In Philosophy:
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
.
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Origin
heterotopia
English
-topia
English
hetero-
English
ἕτερος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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Etym
Synonyms
Allotopia
Ectopia
Ectopy
Dystopia
Malposition
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