althistory

English

Etymology

Analysable as alt (“clipping of alternate”, adjective) +‎ history.

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Noun

althistory (countable and uncountable, plural althistories)

1. (Internet slang, fandom slang) Clipping of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”).
   • 1994 November 9, Andrew (Drew) H. Clark, “England or other European nation as US State”, in alt.history.what-if‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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.

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

     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?"

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

     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.

Synonyms

• allohistory
• alternative history
• althist