noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats countable, uncountable
3. 3
   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. countable, uncountable

   "Michel Foucault gave the museum and the mental hospital as two different examples of heterotopias."

Synonyms

All synonyms

allotopiaanabolismavatarcatabolismcatalysisdisarrangement

Example

More examples

"Michel Foucault gave the museum and the mental hospital as two different examples of heterotopias."

Etymology

From hetero- + -topia.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.