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heterotopia
[ het-er-uh-toh-pee-uh ]
noun
Pathology.
- misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
- the formation of tissue in a part where its presence is abnormal.
heterotopia
/ ˌhɛtəˈrɒtəpɪ; ˌhɛtərəʊˈtəʊpɪə /
noun
- abnormal displacement of a bodily organ or part
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Derived Forms
- ˌٱˈٴDZ辱, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- ···ٴDZ· [het-er-, uh, -, top, -ik], e·dzo·dzܲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of heterotopia1
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of heterotopia1
C19: from New Latin, from hetero- + Greek topos place
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Example Sentences
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That’s the case with “Heterotopia,” whose title track is a reference to Foucault’s idea of otherness.
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In academia, philosopher Michel Foucault called it a “heterotopia”, but most of us might think of it as a bit of a headfuck, a space or place in time that has more meaning or relationship to another space than it might first appear.
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