uchronic

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See also: uchronić

English

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Etymology

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From uchronia +‎ -ic.

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Adjective

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uchronic (comparative more uchronic, superlative most uchronic)

  1. Pertaining to uchronia; painting an idealised or semi-fictional view of the past.
    Synonym: uchronian
    • 1992, Kirsten Hastrup, Other Histories, page 113:
      Uchronic visions were part of Icelandic collective representations of the world, and as such they deeply influenced the response of the society to its own history.
    • 2014 June 15, Will Self, The Guardian:
      Then there was the context: the British countryside may have largely been reduced to a monocultural desert of agribusiness, but our uchronic vision of it persists: we expect to find Rosie with some sharp cider under the haystack, not a roseate energy drink.