noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”). Internet, slang

   "I read the following: […] there's a book of micheal^([sic]) moorcock on althists, which isn't too good"

Synonyms

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allohistoryalternate historyalternative historyalthistory

Example

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"I read the following: […] there's a book of micheal^([sic]) moorcock on althists, which isn't too good"

Etymology

Probably a clipping of althistory, itself a clipping of alternate history. Analysable as alt- + hist.

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