althistory

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A form of alternate history — Synonym of alternative history.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounalthistory (countable and uncountable, plural althistories)

plural althistories

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

    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?"

    2014 October 28, David Alan Mack, Star Trek: Section 31: Disavowed, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 80
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    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.

    1994 November 9, Andrew (Drew) H. Clark, “England or other European nation as US State”, in alt.history.what-if (Usenet)

    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.

    2023 March 20, Roderick Edwards, “Introduction”, in How to Write and Publish a Book Today: A Realistic Approach, →ISBN, page 3

    Synonyms: allohistory, alternative history, althist

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: althistory on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.