Unhistory
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The stories of ordinary people who are not considered historical. countable, uncountable
"The mill-house, like the family of the miller, is for Hardy a representative part of the unhistory of the country, what we now know as local history, and which many consider to be the only sure basis of any historical knowledge;"
- 2 The suppressed history of controversial events. countable, uncountable
"Somehow, in this eerie age of unhistory, the whole meaning and purpose of life has been twisted around, warped and distorted."
- 3 Inaccurate representations of the past that are presented as history. countable, uncountable
"The history, or rather the unhistory, of Stonehenge, is, paradoxical though it seems, a long and old story."
Example
More examples"The mill-house, like the family of the miller, is for Hardy a representative part of the unhistory of the country, what we now know as local history, and which many consider to be the only sure basis of any historical knowledge;"
Etymology
From un- + history.
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