Alternate-history Definition

noun

Contrafactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians.

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A genre of historical romance and usually science fiction, with a story background involving ahistorical events occurring after a point of divergence from real history.

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Other Word Forms of Alternate-history

Noun

Singular:
alternate-history
Plural:
alternate histories

Alternate-history Sentence Examples

  • It is alternate history at its best (or worst), depending on your point of view.

  • Prepare to view an alternate history where World War II never occurred and an alien force (called the Chimera) wiped out the majority of Asia and Europe.

  • Novels that address the question of what would have happened if major historical events had different outcomes fall into the genre of alternate history rather than historical fiction.

  • From time travel to alternate history to psionics, science fiction seeks to answer the what if question with probable scenarios.

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YRYORY

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