Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secret history

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: se-cret his-to-ry
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A revisionist interpretation of history, claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

In fiction, history which is fictional but in said fictional world, was covered up.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

secret histories (plural)

Synonyms

shadow history

Questions

What does secret history mean?: A revisionist interpretation of history, claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.

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