counterhistory

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counter- +‎ history

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counterhistory (countable and uncountable, plural counterhistories)

  1. An alternative interpretation of history
    • 2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      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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