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alternative history

[ awl-tur-nuh-tiv his-tuh-ree, his-tree, al-tur- ]

noun

  1. history that is based on an unconventional or nontraditional interpretation of an event or events:

    Charting a hitherto untold story with historical and contemporary implications, these essays present a compelling alternative history of theatrical practice in the UK.

  2. She writes alternative history that is detailed and hard to resist.

    The book is a supernatural alternative history.



alternative history

noun

  1. a genre of fiction in which the author speculates on how the course of history might have been altered if a particular historical event had had a different outcome
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of alternative history1

First recorded in 1900–05

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