pseudohistory
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pseudo- + history, coined around 1815, after Neo-Latin pseudo-historia (since 1654 or earlier according to OED).
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pseudohistory (plural pseudohistories)
- Any work that claims to be history, but does not use established historiographical methods; especially one that uses disputed evidence and speculation rather than relying on the analysis of primary sources
- The contemptible trick practised by Mr. Anderson, in the first chapter of his pseudo-history, must not pass without due correction. (The Critical review: or, Annals of literature, Volume 1, ed. Tobias George Smollett, 1815, p. 152)
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any work that claims to be history, but does not use established historiographical methods
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