althist

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/ˈɑltˌhɪst/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounalthist (plural althists)

plural althists

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

    [see title]

    2023 June 9, u/TechnologyBig8361, “What's a (real) country that sounds like it was created for someone's althist project?”, in r/AlternateHistory, Reddit
    2 more examples

    I read the following: […] there's a book of micheal^([sic]) moorcock on althists, which isn't too good

    1997 October 10, Cairo, “Alt History Book Reviews”, in alt.history.what-if (Usenet)

    [Harry] Turtledove is the master of AltHist. I just wish he'd do a decent Japanowank series

    2010 April 8, Lord_Vexacus, Twitter

    Synonyms: alternate history, allohistory, alternative history, althistory

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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alternate historyallohistoryalternative historyalthistory

Origin

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

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APA

althist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/althist

MLA

“althist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/althist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “althist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/althist.

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