Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

althistory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-th-is-to-ry
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clipping of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”).

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I hadn't forgotten the US-British alliance on this doctrine, but I was thinking this AltHistory could easily have sufficient distractions to both that a European power would find it more tempting, but even more, I can't see which would try it."
"Fallanooran th'Sirris, Omega's chief military strategist, twitched his antennae as he spoke. "Never mind the althistory. If this was a deliberate incursion, what are the Breen after?""
"Author Roderick Edwards, at the time of this writing has written and published over 25 books, ranging from historical biographies of WW2 heroes to althistory of the Americas to his own autobiography of his adoption and reunion with his birth family."

Etymology

Analysable as alt- + history.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: alt-
Suffix: history

Usage

Inflected Forms

althistories (plural)

Synonyms

allohistory alternative history althist

Questions

What does althistory mean?: Clipping of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”).
Where does althistory come from?: Analysable as alt- + history.

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