alternate history

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Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɒlˌtɜːnət ˌhɪstɹi/, /ˈɒltənət ˌhɪstɹi/, /-ˌhɪstəɹi/, /-ˌhɪst(ə)ɹɪ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɔltɚnət ˌhɪstɹi/, /-ˌhɪstəɹi/, /ˈɑl.tɚ.nət-/

Noun

alternate history (usually uncountable, plural alternate histories)

  1. Contrafactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians.
  2. A genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events (often occurring after a fixed point of divergence from real history).

Synonyms

See also

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