Metahistorical

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to metahistory. not-comparable

    "Like revisionist historical novels, metahistorical novels propose two stories, one set in the past, the other in the present."

Example

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"Like revisionist historical novels, metahistorical novels propose two stories, one set in the past, the other in the present."

Etymology

From meta- + historical.

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