English Explanatory Dictionary

althist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈɑltˌhɪst/

Word forms

althist althists

Etymology

Probably a clipping of althistory, itself a clipping of alternate history. Analysable as alt- + hist.

Synonyms

alternate history allohistory alternative history althistory
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