Althistory

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”). Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable

    "I hadn't forgotten the US-British alliance on this doctrine, but I was thinking this AltHistory could easily have sufficient distractions to both that a European power would find it more tempting, but even more, I can't see which would try it."

Synonyms

All synonyms
allohistoryalternative historyalthist

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"I hadn't forgotten the US-British alliance on this doctrine, but I was thinking this AltHistory could easily have sufficient distractions to both that a European power would find it more tempting, but even more, I can't see which would try it."

Etymology

Analysable as alt- + history.

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