alternate history
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒlˌtɜːnət ˌhɪstɹi/, /ˈɒltənət ˌhɪstɹi/, /-ˌhɪstəɹi/, /-ˌhɪst(ə)ɹɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔltɚnət ˌhɪstɹi/, /-ˌhɪstəɹi/, /ˈɑl.tɚ.nət-/
Noun
alternate history (usually uncountable, plural alternate histories)
- Counterfactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians.
- (fiction) A genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events (often occurring after a fixed point of divergence from real history).
- 2004 September 5, Laura Miller, “Imagine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Alternate history is […] a mournful exercise; in it, the world we know has been erased, and usually not for the better. Sometimes the main character realizes this, but most often the reader alone is left to fathom the loss.
Synonyms
- alternative history, allohistory (both senses)
Hypernyms
See also
- alternate timeline
- gaslight romance
- point of divergence
- parallel universe
- retro futuristic
- steampunk
- what if
Further reading
alternate history on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - counterfactual history on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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