Counterhistory

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alternative interpretation of history countable, uncountable

    "It is a counterhistory, a celebration of an explorer scarcely known in the United States, an Italian-born, French-educated aristocrat, Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza."

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"It is a counterhistory, a celebration of an explorer scarcely known in the United States, an Italian-born, French-educated aristocrat, Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza."

Etymology

From counter- + history.

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