0 a person, thing, or idea that is represented, for example in a book or film, as being in a place where they do not or did not really exist:
If you look closely at the scenes of the US Marines' training, you can see British road markings due to the film being shot in England: a clear case of anatopism.
The scene shows African ants carrying leaves in their jaws, which is an anatopism as only Latin American leaf-cutter ants exhibit this behaviour.
A painting of Julius Caesar talking to an Aboriginal Australian would be an anatopism, because although they existed at the same time, they did not exist in the same place.
