Something or someone that is not in its correct universe, dimension or cosmic location. Coined by Jennifer Diane Reitz to label errors in fantasy literature where people or things described are specific to Earth and ought not to exist in the fictional universe of the work.
These errors go beyond mere 'anatopism' (referring to something is in the wrong geographic location but at least on the correct planet). Also analogous to anachronism, where something is in the wrong time.
These errors go beyond mere 'anatopism' (referring to something is in the wrong geographic location but at least on the correct planet). Also analogous to anachronism, where something is in the wrong time.
If a sci-fi novel set in the Andromeda galaxy used the months January to June, that would be an anacosmism because the Roman Empire and their calendar never existed in Andromeda.
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An error of the anacosmy kind goes beyond mere 'anatopy' (where something is in the wrong geographic location but at least on the correct planet). Anacosmy can label errors in fantasy literature where people or things described are specific to Earth and ought not to exist in the fictional universe of the work.
An error of the anacosmy kind goes beyond mere 'anatopy' (where something is in the wrong geographic location but at least on the correct planet). Anacosmy can label errors in fantasy literature where people or things described are specific to Earth and ought not to exist in the fictional universe of the work.
A feeling of anacosmy washed over Erika as she realized the people around her were just... fundamentally wired differently to her. A strange sort of cosmic loneliness, as if she'd accidentally teleported to another Earth in a parallel dimension.
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An Anaconda Party is a house party teenage/adult children who live at home have while their parent/s are on holiday. Typically an absolute rager.
Anaconda party at mine next month! Mum's going on a girls trip so we've got the house to ourselves!
My sisters are throwing an Anaconda party this weekend while our parents are away.
My sisters are throwing an Anaconda party this weekend while our parents are away.
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It says much about literary critics' increasing ignorance of their own field that they can ignore Anagonye's Tomato Problem, which concerns the true nature and intentions of man, simply because it was invented by a television sitcom and not a philosophy textbook.
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He’s a total anamoiniac, binge-watching gladiator flicks and practicing sword swings in his backyard, dreaming he’s a Roman centurion conquering Gaul instead of stuck in a cubicle.
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