allohistorical

adj
/alə(ʊ)ˌhɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/UK/æləˌhɪˈstɔːɹɪkəl/US

Etymology

From allo- (prefix meaning ‘different, other’) + historical.

Definitions

  1. Relating to alternate history, either as a discipline or genre, or as a specific…

    Relating to alternate history, either as a discipline or genre, or as a specific counterfactual sequence of events.

    • The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in [Alexander] Demandt's and [Niall] Ferguson's examinations of allohistory)[…].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for allohistorical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA