Definitions For Heterotopia

Noun

HETEROTOPIA. (countable and uncountable, plural HETEROTOPIAs) (pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body : Synonym: allotopia, ectopia, ectopy, dystopia, malposition (ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats (, philosophy, literary criticism) 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. : {{coordinate terms, en, utopia, topia}} : {{ux, en, Michel Foucault gave the museum and the mental hospital as two different examples of heterotopias.}}