Etymology

pseudohistory

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Today it means: False history. Full definition →

New Latin pseudo-historia
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  1. New Latin · derived frompseudo-historia
  2. English todaypseudohistory

From pseudo- + history, coined around 1815, after New Latin pseudo-historia (since 1654 or earlier according to OED).

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